WhatsApp working on ‘community’ feature to rival discord

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature called ‘Communities’ to streamline group chats. First spotted by XDA Developer and now spotted by WABetaInfo, this feature is basically a new place where group admins have more control over groups on WhatsApp. Administrators can create ‘communities’ within groups to manage the flow of information. This popular chat app is similar to the community on Discord. Once the server (or group on WhatsApp) is created, the admin can create a community, and members can join via text/email or individual invites sent via clickable links. WABeta notes that WhatsApp is testing a similar approach but what the final version might look like is unclear.

The publication notes that WhatsApp The community still appears to be a private chat room with end-to-end encryption. A screenshot also highlights the community icon or is displayed inside a square box inside a circle. It is further explained, “Admins can send messages in this group chat and they will be able to group certain groups related to the community: for example, a degree course may be considered a community, and all its teaching classes The groups involved are the community.” WhatsApp Community will reportedly provide admins with some tools to better manage all groups, but the Meta (formerly Facebook)-owned messaging app may bring changes. WhatsApp is yet to roll out the feature to Android and iOS beta testers. That being said, a stable rollout of the community could take months.