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WhatsApp brings two new features for users

Both features are available to some beta testers and will be rolled out to more people in coming weeks

Tech desk
June 06, 2023
The picture shows a WhatsApp logo. — Unsplash
The picture shows a WhatsApp logo. — Unsplash

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it is rolling two new changes for its Android version, WaBetaInfo reported.

According to the app-tracking website, the instant messaging app submitted the updatethrough the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.12.13.

— WaBetaInfo

The two new updates areredesigned keyboard and community settings which are available tosome beta testers. It will be rolled out to more people in the coming weeks.

Through this update, users will be able to have an improvedkeyboard experience. "Various interface elements have been redesigned and repositioned, allowing users to scroll the keyboard upward and view the emoji list in full-screen," said the WhatsApp watcher.

Users can open the keyboard to check if they have the new one or the old one. There is also arearrangement of the media sharing and emoji keyboard buttons, however, not all users have this update.

There is another new feature called "community settings" to the app that would allow the admins of the communities to decide who can addgroups to the community.

Only the admins have this new update by default but it can be modified as well.


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