WhatsApp is making life simpler for big organizations that use the platform.

On Thursday, the corporate introduced that teams are getting twice as large as earlier than, going from 256 individuals to 512 individuals. With the transfer, WhatsApp is changing into a bit extra like Telegram, which continues to be forward with the power so as to add as much as 100,000 individuals right into a “supergroup.”

WhatsApp says the function is being slowly rolled out, so don’t fret if you do not have it but.

One other new function embody the power to share information as much as 2GB in measurement, which is an enormous enchancment from the earlier restrict of 100MB. WhatsApp says the information are protected by end-to-end encryption, and suggests you utilize Wi-Fi for sharing notably massive information, although uploads and downloads of such information will present a counter that can inform you how for much longer you may have to attend.

Lastly, the corporate says that emoji reactions to messages, which have been introduced in March, have gone dwell with the most recent model of the WhatsApp app. WhatsApp says it can proceed to enhance on this function by including a broader vary of reactions sooner or later.

Final month, WhatsApp introduced Communities, that are one other technique to develop group chats by knitting Teams collectively right into a Group (yeah, identical to Slack). The corporate says the suggestions it obtained from the announcement of Communities has been very constructive, and that many new options are coming.

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