WhatsApp Begins Testing Increased Group Chat Capacity With Up to 1024 Participants 412g18 Report

WhatsApp beta s on Android and iOS devices who have updated to the latest version might soon be able to add up to 1024 participants to a group. 5s66q

Written by Anees Hussain, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 11 October 2022 17:30 IST

WhatsApp Begins Testing Increased Group Chat Capacity With Up to 1024 Participants: Report

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The feature will be made available to select WhatsApp Beta s this week

Highlights

WhatsApp currently allows s to add up to 512 group chat
The service is now testing the ability to add up to 1024 participants
WhatsApp's move is said to be a push to encourage business usage

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WhatsApp is reportedly working on increasing the number of participants allowed in a single group chat from the previous limit of 512 to 1024 , and the Meta-owned instant messaging and voice-over-IP service has begun testing larger groups with some s on the beta channel. The service previously increased the group chat participant limit from 256 to 512 in June, and rolled out the ability to send larger files (to up to 2GB) and emoji reactions for messages. WhatsApp is currently working on an undo option for deleted messages, and an edit option for messages that have already been sent.

WhatsApp's group chat limit increase for beta testers was beta testing for some s earlier this year and was rolled out in June. The ability to add 1024 s will reportedly be released to an undefined number of WhatsApp Beta s on Android and iOS through an app update this week, according to the feature tracker.

As per WABetaInfo, the company is also planning on announcing features that will provide s better control over large group chats including introducing a pending participants section which will give s the to view and manage requests from s to the group and lets s approve them at any time, along with an approval system that enables s to give other s rights to add new participants to the group.

WhatsApp, however, has not officially confirmed the development or indicated a timeline for the release of the new limits that are being tested with some beta s. Rival app Telegram meanwhile, allows group chats to have a maximum of 2 lakh participants. However, unlike WhatsApp, Telegram chats are not protected by end-to-end encryption, which means they are less secure than WhatsApp groups.

The move is speculated to be a part of the Meta-owned service's efforts to attract larger usage of its group chat among businesses according to a report by PhoneArena. However, WhatsApp is yet to officially make an announcement with regard to the size of group chats on the messaging service, and it is worth noting that the limit might be increased or decreased over the course of development, before it is released to all s at a future date.

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