WhatsApp is working on reporting messages on Desktop
Yesterday, we announced that WhatsApp is developing a feature that lets users add a caption for their shared documents before sending them, in a future update of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop. Today, WhatsApp is developing an option that lets us report certain messages on Desktop beta!
| Common questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Name of the feature? | Report message |
| Status? | Under development |
| Availability? | WhatsApp is working on bringing this feature in a future update of the app. |
| I've installed this update but I don't see this feature. Why? | This feature is not ready to be released to beta testers because it is under development, but you can discover a preview in this article. |
| Thanks: | Swakshan for testing and reporting! |
| Previous news? | WhatsApp is working on supporting captions for documents |
REPORT MESSAGE
WhatsApp is working on new a feature to help users report messages. In reality, this feature has already been released after installing the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.20.1 and WhatsApp beta for iOS 2.21.190.12 updates last year, but it is still not available on Web/Desktop. Today, the company is testing a "Report" option on the desktop client to release in a future update:
As you can see in this screenshot, the "Report" feature will show up when viewing the message options in a future update of the desktop app, and it allows us to report a specific message. The same rules from WhatsApp for Android and iOS are applied when reporting a message: only the reported message is forwarded to the moderation team by using the report message option. This is different than reporting a contact right within their chat info: in fact, the most recent 5 messages from the conversation are forwarded to WhatsApp when reporting the contact so the moderation team can understand the context better. Instead, thanks to the new report option, that's already available on WhatsApp for Android and iOS, it will be easier to report only certain messages from the desktop client.
This feature is under development and it will be released in a future update of WhatsApp Desktop beta.
Follow WABetaInfo on Twitter to always be up to date about WhatsApp news, and you can discover all other changes implemented on WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, Web/Desktop, and Windows!
Let us know on Twitter if you like this article and you can visit this page to discover where you can find WABetaInfo!
A Discord Server invite link is available! Join now to discover more about WhatsApp and you can chat, give advice, ask for help, and read my announcements!