WhatsApp has announced its new Communities feature including new admin capabilities and more. The Communities feature has been available in various forms to beta users for some time — now it’s available to all. WhatsApp announced the new changes via blog post, saying that the Communities feature is aimed squarely at schools, local clubs, and non-profits as a way to allow them to have an overarching connection of group chats. Here’s where Communities comes in. Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella with a structure that works for them. That way people can receive updates sent to the entire Community and easily organize smaller discussion groups on what matters to them. Communities will also contain powerful new tools for admins, including announcement messages that are sent to everyone and control over which groups can be included. Alongside Communities, WhatsApp is changing how groups work including — finally! — adding message reactions that will allow people to react to a message without having to add their own, creating clutter throughout the entire group. Other features include the ability for administrators to delete messages and more. Reactions – Emoji reactions are coming to WhatsApp so…
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