WhatsApp now lets you mute and message individual users in group calls
WhatsApp has added several features to make group calls easier to manage. Starting this week, you can both mute and text specific people in your group calls, company Discovered (through the ). The former will be especially useful in situations where someone might not know that everyone else can hear what’s going on in the background of their home or office. The company also added a banner that will notify you when someone joins a group call.
Some new features for group calls on @WhatsApp: You can now mute or text specific people on a call (great if someone forgot to mute themselves!) And we’ve added a handy indicator so you can easily notice when there are many people on the big call. pic.twitter.com/fxAUCAzrsy
– Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) June 16, 2022
WhatsApp introduced several new features later this year. Along with group calling, this week saw the addition of new privacy toggles that give people more granular control over their profile picture and . Finally, the company has also made it easier for Android users .
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