WhatsApp is bringing new features to group calls by allowing you to mute and send messages to specific users during the call.
As part of its ongoing effort to improve the app, WhatsApp rolled out several new features last week. One of these WhatsApp features allows users to mute other people during group calls. This feature is quite useful because it can mute people who forget to do so themselves. However, the feature can also be used if you are in the same room as someone who is also on the call and you don't want to hear echoes.
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Other popular video conferencing apps, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, allow hosts to mute all (or specific) participants, but they typically don't allow all users to mute anyone they want during a group call. So this WhatsApp feature could be said to offer more control during group calls and can help make calls more "relaxed," especially in cases where there are too many people involved and chaos usually prevails.
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the app , WhatsApp, is also bringing another feature. It allows you to send messages to specific people while you're on a group call. This is an equally useful feature, which allows you to comment on something related to the conversation (or even unrelated) without everyone in the group call hearing or seeing it. In addition, WhatsApp is rolling out a new banner that will notify you when a new user joins a call after it's already started.
In addition to new group calling features, WhatsApp recently announced that you can now choose which contacts can see things like photo your profile , about, and your last seen status, which shows when you were last active on the platform. This way, you can keep your profile private from anyone you don't want to have access to this information 24/7.
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Finally, a few days ago, WhatsApp allowed Android users to transfer their chat history to iPhone. Last year, the company had enabled the ability to transfer from iPhone to Android.
Source: www.theverge.com
