What happened this week? If you didn’t have time to read our stories posted this week about the recent updates of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, this is the right time to do it thanks to our summary. The best news of the week is about the release of message reactions, the ability to add up to 512 people to groups, and the companion mode for multi-device!
| Common questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Story about? | WhatsApp news of the week |
| I’ve installed the most recent update of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop but some of these features are not enabled. Why? | Some features may be under development, so they are not available to beta testers, or they are rolled out to some users. In both cases, you need to wait for a future update. Read more to discover the details. |
| News of last week? | WhatsApp news of the week: multi-device and status updates |
| Previous article? | WhatsApp is working on a companion mode for multi-device |
- We have announced that WhatsApp was working on bringing a new footer for end-to-end encryption in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.10.14 update. The footer has been rolled out to users after installing the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.11.10 build.
- WhatsApp has released a new caption view for editing media recipients after installing the WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.10.0.71 update.
- WhatsApp has finally released new important features: message reactions to everyone, and the ability to add up to 512 people to groups. Some users are also able to share media files up to 2GB in size. This was previously limited to people in Argentina, but WhatsApp is finally rolling out the feature to everyone.
- We have discovered that WhatsApp is working on a companion mode to let people link a secondary mobile device to their WhatsApp account. This is one of the best news of the week:
- We have published some information about the ability to delete messages for everyone in groups in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.22.4 update. This feature is still under development and it will be available in a future update.
- Thanks to the WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.10.0.72 update, we have discovered that WhatsApp is working on showing status updates right within the chats list for a future update.
- We have also discovered new details about the ability to link Ray-Ban Stories to a WhatsApp account, thanks to the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.11.6 update. As usual, this feature is under development so it is not available right now and it will will be rolled out to users in a future update.
Stay tuned for more WhatsApp news and updates coming next week!
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