Several noteworthy updates has continue to emerge from WhatsApp and this includes the “Recall feature” recently rolled out to everyone and the bug noticed on how users can read deleted messages from the recipient backend. Though WhatsApp is expected to fix the bug soonest.
Now, this is what we are expected to see in the near future, no specific time frame on when it will be rolled out but maybe 2018.
Admin Super Powers: WhatsApp will prevent the group creator from being deleted from the group by other administrators. This allows the group creator to have the full control of the group. Administrators will also have the ability to remove more participants at once thanks to the Search feature in Group Info later.
Restriction on Subject Modification: The admin will be able to decide participants that can modify the subject of the group, its icon and its description, as shown below in this Android screenshot:
When an administrator decides that participants cannot change the subject of the group, its icon and its description, a notification will appear in the group to show you that only admins can change the group info.
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Restricted Groups: Administrators will have the ability to disable the chat features in the group: that means all participants won’t be able to send in the group text messages, images, videos, GIFs, documents, voice messages or starting a new live location session.
Nobody will have the ability to do anything in the group except the admin, and a notification in the chat will appear that “only admin can send messages to this group”
Only admins will be able to converse and pass message to the group while other participants can only read messages and won’t be able to reply.
However, If a no-admin participant has the need to write something in a restricted group, he has to contact an administrator, and he can use the Message admin button, as shown below in this iOS screenshot:
The settings of this feature can unfortunately only last for 72hours. We hope this increases.
Via @WABetaInfo
