Whatsapp is the most popular messaging platform in the world. It enables users to chat both in person and in groups. The platform also has end-to-end encryption. However, it has been involved in a number of disputes in the past. Now, Whatsapp has apparently made certain changes within its program to minimize the burden of notifications on its users. Let’s take a look at what WhatsApp did.
Recently, WhatsApp increased the limit of people who can join a single group from 256 to 1024 persons. However, the main downside of the limit upgrade is the notifications. If you don’t manually disable the notifications in the groups having many active participants, your device may be flooded with notifications. And this is surely going to bother you a lot. However, the brand has now come up with a solution for it.
According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp beta version 2.22.23.9 includes a new feature in which groups with more than 256 people are automatically muted by default. This applies to groups that you join when they reach 256 members. WhatsApp will also automatically mute groups when the 257th member joins. If you choose, you can unmute the group manually. It might be feasible if the group is well-moderated, and you want to participate in the discussion.
This change in large-group behavior is being implemented gradually, although just a few beta testers appear to have access to it for the time being. The function is pretty handy, and we anticipate that it will be included in the stable version of WhatsApp shortly, but the messaging service has not stated a date or acknowledged working on the feature at all.
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