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WhatsApp features in 2022: From avatars to communities; Check out all new updates in messaging platform this year

WhatsApp has made a lot of changes this year to make the Messaging platform safe and effective.  

Message Yourself Feature

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Message Yourself Feature

WhatsApp ‘Message Yourself’ feature has rolled out across the world by the company. The feature is now available to Indian users as well. You can avail the feature very easily. It will help you to send yourself reminders, messages, shopping lists, to-do lists, and more. If you want to use this feature. You can do so by following simple steps.

WhatsApp avatars and emojis

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WhatsApp avatars and emojis

Messaging platform has brought avatar feature in the platform to make it possible of creating the user’s lookalike avatar and to make it profile picture. Moreover, one can use avatar emojis in chats which reflect different expressions from sadness to joyness.

WhatsApp communities

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WhatsApp communities

WhatsApp has said that users will be able to club up to 20 WhatsApp groups together to form a community. Now the community feature has been rolled out in India. WhatsApp users in India can now create communities and the same will be visible on the top left of the app as seen in the picture below.

WhatsApp expands group capacity

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 WhatsApp expands group capacity

It has expanded the number of participants in a group to 1024.

Expanding video calls capacity

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Expanding video calls capacity

WhatsApp increased the number of members on the same video call up to 32 from 16 earlier. Moreover, there is now an option added that allows muting other participants in – call.

No screenshot in View once images/videos

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No screenshot in View once images/videos

Improving the privacy of users, WhatsApp brought the feature that will not allowed people to take screenshots of view once files like images.