Final month, WhatsApp introduced a characteristic referred to as Occasions for the Communities and stated that it could be rolled out for teams that aren’t part of any neighborhood “over the coming months.” Whereas WhatsApp hasn’t revealed when precisely this characteristic shall be out there worldwide for all group chats, it is already out there for some customers on WhatsApp for Android’s beta model 2.24.14.9.
This revelation comes from WABetaInfo, who shared a screenshot (included under) displaying the Occasions characteristic out there for normal group chats as properly that aren’t related to any neighborhood.
Clicking on the paperclip icon within the group chat now presents a further “Event” icon that allows you to create a brand new occasion. As soon as created, members of the group can view and settle for the occasion invite, whereas the modifications to the occasion can expectedly be made solely by the creator of that occasion. It is also value mentioning that group occasions are end-to-end encrypted.
In case you are an Android person and may’t look forward to the general public rollout of the Occasions characteristic for normal group chats, you possibly can join the beta program to provide it a strive.
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