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 WhatsApp Premium and the ability to silently exit groups in a future update!
| 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: disappearing messages and macOS app |
| Previous article? | WhatsApp will drop the support for iOS 10 and iOS 11 |
WHATSAPP NEWS OF THE WEEK
- Mark Zuckerberg and some other leaders at Meta announced improvements for Cloud API: it is finally available to any business of any size! This will also help small businesses reach their customers quickly and better.
- WhatsApp has released the ability to request your account information on WhatsApp Desktop beta.
- The WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.11.0.73 update has been released: a new footer for end-to-end encryption is available to some beta testers. In addition, it addresses an issue with media auto-download.
- WhatsApp is working on WhatsApp Premium, an optional subscription plan for business accounts in order to let them use additional features in a future update.
- We have discovered that the ability to silently exit groups is under development for a future update. This is the best news discovered this week:
- In the article about the WhatsApp Desktop beta 2.2218.1 update, we talked about the ability to generate rich previews when sharing a link to text status updates, a feature available in a future update of the app.
- The same feature to generate rich link previews for text status updates has also been spotted during the development of WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.12.5.
- WhatsApp is working on letting users view past group participants for a future update of WhatsApp beta for Android.
- Last news: WhatsApp is planning to drop the support for iOS 10 and iOS 11, so you will no longer be able to use WhatsApp on iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C in the future.
Stay tuned for more WhatsApp news and updates coming next week!
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