We hope people enjoy these updates and look forward to sharing more throughout the year.
Building private, safe, and secure communities takes work and we think this series of improvements will help people and groups stay close to one another. One of the top requests we've consistently received is the option to add more people to a chat, so now we're slowly rolling out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group. We recommend using WiFi for larger files and we'll display a counter while uploading or downloading to let you know how long your transfer will take. This is an increase from the previous limit of 100MB and we think will be helpful for collaboration among small businesses and school groups. In addition, you can now send files within WhatsApp up to 2GB in size at a time, protected by end-to-end encryption. We'll continue improving them by adding an even broader range of expressions in the future. Reactions are fun, fast, and they reduce overload in groups too. We're excited to share that emoji reactions are now available on the latest version of the app. The feedback we've received so far has been very positive and we can't wait to get many new features into people's hands. On group calls, you can mute others or message them by long pressing on their tileĪs we announced last month with our vision for Communities on WhatsApp, we're now building for organizations, businesses, and other close-knit groups to communicate securely and get things done on WhatsApp.Increased the group participant limit to 512.
Offline Messages: Even if you miss your push notifications or turn off your iPhone, WhatsApp will save your messages offline until you retrieve them during the next application use.
Your contacts who already have WhatsApp Messenger will be automatically displayed under Favorites, similar to a buddy list. No need to add buddies: Your Address Book is used to automatically connect you with your contacts.With push notifications WhatsApp is always on and always connected. No need to log in/out: No more confusion about getting logged off from another computer or device.Say no to pins and usernames: Why even bother having to remember yet another PIN or username? WhatsApp works with your phone number, just like SMS would, and integrates flawlessly with your existing phone address book.Chat with your friends all over the world as long as they have WhatsApp Messenger installed and avoid those pesky international SMS costs. No international charges: Just like there is no added cost to send an international email, there is no cost to send WhatsApp messages internationally.Personal: Set a profile photo which will be shown to all your contacts.Add or Remove group participants, change group subject and set a group icon. Group Chat: Enjoy group conversations with your contacts.Multimedia: Send Video, Images, and Voice notes to your friends and contacts.Send a million messages a day to your friends for free! WhatsApp uses your Internet connection: 3G/EDGE or Wi-Fi when available. No hidden costs: Once you and your friends download the application, you can use it to chat as much as you want.
WhatsApp is available for mobile platforms Android and iPhone / iOS. Just like WhatsApp Web, the new desktop app lets you message with friends and family while your phone stays in your pocket.
Upon downloading and opening the app, scan the QR code using the WhatsApp app on your phone (look for WhatsApp Web menu under Settings). Because the app runs natively on your desktop, you'll have support for native desktop notifications, better keyboard shortcuts, and more.
The desktop app is available for Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8 and macOS 10.9 or higher, and is synced with WhatsApp on your mobile device. WhatsApp desktop app gives you a new way to stay in touch anytime and anywhere - whether on your phone or computer at home or work.