WhatsApp Introduces Pinned Messages for Individual and Group Chats 316v56 Technology News

Messages can be pinned in a WhatsApp chat for 24 hours, seven days, or 30 days. 4r194n

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 13 December 2023 15:01 IST

WhatsApp Introduces Pinned Messages for Individual and Group Chats

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All types of content including text messages, files, emojis, pictures, polls or videos can be pinned

Highlights

WhatsApp has introduced pinned messages
This feature allow s to highlight important information in chats
s can pin a chat by long-pressing on a conversation and selecting Pin

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WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that lets s pin messages in chats to easily locate important conversations. With this feature, s can highlight a specific message in both individual and group chats and pin it to the top of the chat. A message can be pinned in the chat for up to 30 days. All kinds of messages including text, polls, and emojis can be pinned. However, s can pin only one chat at a time.

Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp announced the addition of Pinned Messages via a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (December 13). The feature allows s to highlight a specific message in any ongoing one-on-one and group conversation and pin it to the top of that chat. This would be ideal for pointing to important details like address, date or phone number and offering quick reference to older messages.

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s can pin a chat by long-pressing on a conversation and selecting Pin from the menu. A message can be pinned in the chat for either 24 hours, seven days, or one month, however, seven days is the default duration. All types of content including text messages, files, emojis, pictures, polls or videos can be pinned. In WhatsApp groups, s can decide whether to give the ability to pin messages to just the s or participants. As always, s will be able to unpin these messages anytime they want.

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WhatsApp's competitors in the messaging space Telegram and iMessage already offer a pin message feature. This update was previously spotted on WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.21.4.

Meta has introduced numerous features to its instant messaging platform lately. WhatsApp recently developing an optional feature that could let s share WhatsApp statuses directly to Instagram.

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