WhatsApp Message Reminders Rolling Out to Beta Testers on Android 4z626m Technology News

WhatsApp will only remind s of missed messages from s that they are usually in communication with, according to a feature tracker. 2x281n

Written by David Delima | Updated: 7 December 2024 20:01 IST

WhatsApp Message Reminders Rolling Out to Beta Testers on Android

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WhatsApp's Reminders feature previously informed s of status updates they may have missed

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Android. The feature is designed in such a way that WhatsApp will only notify s about updates and messages from prioritised s, according to a feature tracker.

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After updating to WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.25.29 (via feature tracker WABetaInfo), the description for the feature seen under Settings > Notifications > Reminders has been updated to state that the app will provide occasional reminders for messages, in addition to status updates. Gadgets 360 was unable to access the feature even after installing the latest beta version, which suggests that it is slowly rolling out to testers.

WhatsApp's Reminders feature has been updated
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Once the feature is turned on, s will see notifications about messages that they might not have seen on the app. WhatsApp has yet to provide any information related to how the feature works, or whether it will show reminders for unseen messages and status updates for all s.

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According to the feature tracker, the Reminders feature will inform s about unseen messages from specific s, and these will be selected based on interactions in the app. The reminders will reportedly be based on an algorithm that runs on the 's phone, so a fresh installation of WhatsApp will generate the list of s a has been in touch with again.

It appears that the feature was designed to send out reminders for select conversations in order to prevent the app from inundating s with status updates and messages from all of their s. This feature is expected to roll out to more beta testers in the coming days, and could eventually be made available to all WhatsApp s at a later date.

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