Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a brand new “channels list” function on iOS

San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a brand new “channels list” function on iOS, a brand new one-to-many software for broadcasting data from folks customers want to get information from.

According to WABetaInfo, the brand new function will likely be listed throughout the Status tab, which is now known as “Updates”, the place each standing updates and channels are proven.

In explicit, standing updates will at all times be displayed horizontally in an effort to present more room for the channels checklist.

Channels will as a substitute be displayed within the part the place standing updates are listed, the report mentioned.

Moreover, the corporate will give customers full management over which channels they comply with, and once they achieve this, the motion will likely be saved non-public.

In addition, the report talked about that channels will help handles, permitting customers to simply search and entry most well-liked updates.

The channels checklist function is beneath growth and it is going to be launched in a future replace of the app, the report acknowledged.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp has introduced two new updates round ‘Polls’ and ‘Sharing with Captions’ on its platform to make chats just a little extra enjoyable and productive.

In the Polls function, the corporate has launched three choices — Create Single-Vote Polls, Search for Polls in Your Chats, and Stay Updated on Poll Results, whereas, the corporate launched the ‘Sharing with Captions’ function, which is able to now let customers ahead media with captions.