WhatsApp news of the week: polls and online status

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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. We announced 7 features and the best news of the week is the ability to create polls on WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS!

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WHATSAPP NEWS OF THE WEEK
  1. WhatsApp released the 2.22.21.13 update for Android beta users and it brings the ability to generate a link to join calls. Due to some unknown reasons, the feature has temporarily been disabled for everyone some days ago.
  2. Thanks to a wider rollout, a lot of people are finally able to manage who can see when they are online on WhatsApp after installing one of the recent updates of WhatsApp beta for Android. In addition, some more people on WhatsApp beta for iOS are able to manage the same setting as well in recent days. More activations may be planned over the coming weeks.
  3. After installing the WhatsApp beta for IOS 22.21.0.70 update from TestFlight, some lucky beta testers are finally able to create polls to share with their groups. Other group participants should install the latest update from the App Store and Play Store in order to be able to see polls.
  4. The same feature that lets users create polls has also been released to some lucky beta testers after installing the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.21.16 update. This is the best news of the week:

  1. WhatsApp is working on a new camera mode in order to let you easily record videos, for a future update of the Android app.
  2. After installing the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.21.10 update, we discovered that WhatsApp keeps working on supporting the do not disturb API for missed calls, for a future update.
  3. WhatsApp keeps working on the ability to prevent certain disappearing messages to be automatically deleted thanks to kept messages. This feature is planned to be released to beta testers in the future.

Stay tuned for more WhatsApp news and updates coming next week!

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