WhatsApp Bug on iOS Causes Chat Mute Feature to Automatically Switch to 8 Hours When Choosing 1 Week 3p6y4n Technology News

The WhatsApp bug is only being affecting s who have updated to the latest 2.22.18.76 version on their iOS devices. 1u6o66

Written by Richa Sharma, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 7 September 2022 13:27 IST

WhatsApp Bug on iOS Causes Chat Mute Feature to Automatically Switch to 8 Hours When Choosing 1 Week

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WhatsApp will soon stop working on iPhone models running on iOS 10 or iOS 11 versions

Highlights

The feature works fine on older WhatsApp for iOS versions
WhatsApp bug changes mute duration from 1 week to 8 hours
The latest WhatsApp for iOS update rolled out on August 31

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WhatsApp's latest update for iOS devices, version 2.22.18.76, is displaying an error for s trying to mute group or individual messages for 1 week. The WhatsApp bug automatically changes the mute duration from ‘1 week' to ‘8 hours'. However, there is no issue if a chooses the duration as ‘8 hours' or ‘Always'. This is only limited to WhatsApp for iOS who have updated the app to the latest available version. For those who are still on older versions, the mute duration limits work fine.

iOS devices and the bug appears to be present.

The latest version was rolled out on August 31 and offers several improvements, some of which “will roll out over in the coming weeks”, according to the information on WhatsApp Version History information. The WhatsApp bug is only being displayed to s who have switched to the latest version of the app on their iOS devices. However, the mute duration limits are working fine for those who are still using older versions of the app.

In other related reportedly begin to be in effect starting from October 24. In order to avoid this and continue using WhatsApp, s with older iPhones will need to upgrade their handsets to iOS 12 or newer versions to continue using WhatsApp.

Starting October 24, iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c s will be required to a newer iPhone model if they want to use WhatsApp. s will have no choice but to buy another phone that s WhatsApp in order to continue using the messaging app.

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