WhatsApp gets better for big groups with new Communities and 32-person video chats

Communities are like Discord, but for WhatsApp. | The Verge

Meta is rolling out a few changes to WhatsApp that will make the app better to use for large circles of people, including the wide rollout of Communities.

Communities are designed to house multiple related groups within bigger organizations of people, such as a neighborhood or a workplace. Think something like Slack or Discord, but with a WhatsApp spin (including end-to-end encrypted messages), and admins can share updates with an entire community through an announcements channel. The company first began testing Communities out in April, and now they’re rolling out to everyone.

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Multiple groups can be included in one Community.

Meta is also introducing some new features that could improve day-to-day...

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