San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a brand new function — “filter groups chat” on Android, to supply customers with higher management over their conversations, making it simpler to handle and prioritise their messages.
According to WABetaInfo, the brand new function will permit customers to get a listing of their teams by excluding particular person chats.
Users can even discover that the “Personal” filter has been renamed “Contacts” to higher distinguish between particular person and group chats, because the “Personal” filter beforehand included teams and communities.
The new “Contacts” filter, however, will solely embrace particular person conversations.
Furthermore, the “Business” filter has been eliminated, the report mentioned.
As customers usually be a part of a number of teams for varied functions, corresponding to work, household, associates, or hobbies — this devoted filter will allow them to rapidly entry and handle their group conversations, figuring out that this filter completely contains group chats.
The function to filter group chats is beneath improvement and it will likely be accessible in a future replace of the app, based on the report.
Meanwhile, WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a multi-account function with a brand new interface for the app settings to beta testers on Android.
With this multi-account function, customers will have the ability to add a further account on the identical system straight proper inside WhatsApp Settings.
The second function is a redesigned settings interface, which is able to give customers a extra trendy expertise when navigating via the app’s varied choices.
The replace additionally features a redesigned profile tab proper inside the chat listing, making it simpler for customers to open the settings of the app.
