Social media updates and new features to know this week – PR Daily

Including WhatsApp, TikTok, LinkedIn and more. Hello, social people! This week brings some new tools and features for advertisers looking to make their campaigns easier to build and more user-friendly Let’s take a look and see where these updates can be most beneficial to your social game plan. WhatsApp WhatsApp just added three new group chat features to make conversations easier to manage. Users can now choose a custom “member tag” in each group so others can see their role or context, like “Coach” or “Team Lead.” Users will also be able to turn any word into a text sticker directly from the search bar. Finally, users can set custom reminders for group events so everyone can plan ahead. These tweaks help make group chats clearer and better organized, especially in busy or big groups, the app makers said. Previously, WhatsApp announced a plan to test usernames as displays rather than phone numbers to help improve privacy protections. That change is now being trialed with some users, according to Android Police. The idea is to help protect sensitive data from being easily accessible, the outlet reported. While the feature is still in a beta testing period, WhatsApp plans to roll
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