WhatsApp Business Testing Advanced Search Filters for Easy Searching 6n4n9 Technology News

WhatsApp Business s can also combine different conditions including searching for chats where their s have sent a photo or video. 173cl

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 10 January 2022 18:18 IST

WhatsApp Business Testing Advanced Search Filters for Easy Searching

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WhatsApp is said to be testing the new search experience for both Android and iOS s

Highlights

WhatsApp Business is testing preset search filters
s may also get filters to quickly look at their nearby businesses
WhatsApp community s may get dedicated access to share messages

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WhatsApp Business is testing an update that allows s to filter their searches and easily find messages that are sent by people in their s list and others. The advanced search filters would also help businesses look at all unread messages on the app in one go. In addition to the new business-focussed change, WhatsApp is found to be creating a group when you would create a community. This group may allow community s to share messages with their communities.

As per a iOS that brings three distinct search filters, namely s, Non-s, and Unread.

WhatsApp is testing three distinct search filters for business s
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These filters will help WhatsApp Business s to quickly look at messages they have received from their s, unknown numbers, or unread messages in one go. s can also combine different conditions including searching for the chats where their s have sent a photo or video.

WhatsApp Introducing Profile Photos, More Information in Notifications

WABetaInfo has shared a screenshot to give a Idea about the update. The screenshot has been taken from WhatsApp Business for Android. The source, however, said that the same feature has also been rolled out for beta testers on WhatsApp Business for iOS.

Similar to enhanced search for WhatsApp Business s, WhatsApp was recently spotted testing the ability to let regular s filter out their nearby business searches with filters including restaurant, grocery store, apparel, and clothing.

Additionally, WABetaInfo has found that WhatsApp could create a group when s create a community. It is speculated to allow community s to send messages to all groups linked to their community. The particular group may also have read-only access for everyone except group s.

WhatsApp Tipped to Have a Redesigned Info Page in the Works

WhatsApp is found to create a group for s to share their messages within communities
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo

WhatsApp May Soon Get Animated Heart Emojis on Android, iOS

Last month, WhatsApp was seen working on a feature to link groups to a community. That change appeared for both iOS and Android s, though it has not yet been provided publicly. WhatsApp has, in fact, not yet confirmed when exactly we could see communities on its platform.

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