Files up to 2GB, reactions and more: This is new to WhatsApp

Updated on 05/10/2022 at 2:28 PM

• WhatsApp introduced new features.
• These should make communication easier for groups in particular.
• Everything is different from now on.

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It was in the middle of April The WhatsApp Announcing plans to dramatically improve group chats soon. Like the messenger service now in one Blog entry About introducing new features with the update from the beginning of May.

This means that up to 512 people can now be added to the group. Organizations or businesses can communicate quickly and securely thanks to end-to-end encryption.

So that you are not overcrowded with responses after receiving a message in the WhatsApp group chat Also provide emoji reactions. “This makes it possible to respond quickly and with humor to messages without contributing to information overload,” writes the messaging service.

Select the incoming message and reply to it with one of the suggested emojis. More expressions will be added.

Send up to 2GB via WhatsApp chat

With its third innovation, WhatsApp is catching up with its competitor Telegram. This has been providing the ability to share large files since 2020. Previously, WhatsApp had a maximum limit of 100MB, which means that videos are highly compressed. With the increase to 2GB, this issue is now a thing of the past.

Read also: Cut WhatsApp audio messages and listen without reading receipts

It’s that easy: add the file with the plus sign and send it to the contact. This downloads them using the arrow. Its remaining transmission time is displayed. To save data volume, we recommend downloading via WLAN.

In addition to the mentioned new functionality, WhatsApp also plans to “make more innovations available throughout the year”.
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