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WhatsApp is about to change Groups FOREVER with enormous app update
WHATSAPP appears to be storming ahead with a new feature that will change how Groups work.
The long-awaited change will let you create Groups inside of other Groups, insiders suggest.
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This means WhatsApp could become more like rival messengers Slack (mostly for work) and Discord (mostly for gaming).
Maybe you could have a Work Community that would have lots of smaller Groups inside.
Or maybe your local area would have a Community, which splits into separate Groups for schooling and moaning about loitering youths.
Clues about the new feature were first revealed in October by tech site XDA Developers.
Now WhatsApp sleuths at WABetaInfo have uncovered a preview of the feature.
The bad news is that we don’t exactly know what the feature will do.
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“This name could mean anything,” said WABetaInfo.
“But a Community is a new place where Group admins have more control over Groups on WhatsApp.
“Mainly to group other Groups easily.”
The feature will likely be tested in the beta version of WhatsApp first.
Check below to find out how to access that.
Sadly, it could take weeks or months for the feature to roll out to the general public.
And some WhatsApp features never make it past testing – if they don’t work as intended.
XDA Developers recently warned that we could even be waiting for years.
“With the speed of feature introduction on WhatsApp, it could also take years before this feature comes to a stable release,” XDA Developers previously said.
WhatsApp is also testing a feature that lets you use the app on multiple devices.
How to get WhatsApp beta
To download WhatsApp beta for your smartphone you need to go to Google Play on your Android and search for WhatsApp.
Scroll down the page until you see “Become a Beta Tester”.
Tap the “I’m In” button and then click “Join” to confirm.
Now all you have to do is wait for the update to the beta version of the app.
WhatsApp Beta can also be downloaded on a computer via the Google Play site.
Downloading WhatsApp beta on iOS is a much trickier and riskier process so this is not recommended.
If you want to do it, head here.
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