Over the last couple of weeks, we have reported on WhatsApp working on a number new features and functions. And now, the company has rolled out a new update that lets users directly message and even mute specific people in group calls.

The popular messaging platform is rolling out a new update for its group calling feature. This arrives shortly after expanding the group chat limit to support 512 people, raising the file sharing limit, and even adding the ability move chat history from Android to iPhone. Now, the company is bringing an update that lets users mute or message certain people that are a part of the group chat.

This feature has been highly requested and was announced by William Cathcart, the Head of WhatsApp at Meta. He shared the announcement on Twitter so now users can manually mute participants in a group who either forgot to turn off their microphones during group calls or accidentally turned it on. In other words, its a good quality of life change to the chat app’s calling feature. Notably, the ability to mute individuals will be offered to everyone, rather than just the one who requested it.

Some new features for group calls on @WhatsApp: You can now mute or message specific people on a call (great if someone forgets to mute themselves!), and we've added a helpful indicator so you can more easily see when more people join large calls. pic.twitter.com/fxAUCAzrsy

— Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) June 16, 2022

So if one mutes a person in the group call, no one else can hear them either. The person getting muted will have a mute icon appear next to their name. Another new function arriving to group calls is the ability to message specific people during the call itself. WhatsApp is also introducing a new banner than will notify users when someone joins the call after it begins.

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The popular Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has made headlines several times in the last few months by introducing new and highly demanded features in its Beta builds.

The company recently confirmed that many new features like increased file sharing size, emoji reactions, and the ability to hide your last seen from specific contacts will soon be made available in the live build of the app.

Now, reports have emerged that WhatsApp has started rolling out a new update to the iOS version which includes support for 32-person calls, an overhauled call user interface, waveforms, and other improvements. The update is coming to the live build of WhatsApp on iOS.

Till now, WhatsApp has allowed users to make group phone calls with multiple persons at the same time. A group voice conversation previously could accommodate up to eight people, but WhatsApp is now rolling out a new update that enables up to 32 participants.

Voice calls with up to 32 people would be possible in WhatsApp Groups. The platform has also modified the way participants are displayed on the screen to fit the additional members. Waveform images are used to label different WhatsApp users.

This new feature comes with the update version 22.8.80 and is sized at 109.7MB for iPhones. Android users are also expected to soon get a similar update with these new features, however, it will not be available on the desktop client.

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