WhatsApp new admin controls, group catch up, participant search and more: Group fun is easy now

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New Delhi : WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned company has announced a stack of new features to groups on its free messaging platform. The new features can be enjoyed by Android and iOS users.

WhatsApp has introduced arrays of updates including group description, admin controls, group catch up and participant search.  Following details will help you to update and operate your account at ease.

1) Group description: Users who have just joined a group will see group description, a short blurb found under group info, at the top of the chat.

2) Admin controls: The administrators will have more power to manage a group. As per the new update, admin can restrict group members who can change the group’s subject, icon and description. The feature was earlier spotted on the beta version of the application and it is now available for the masses.

3) Group catch up: With the help of this new feature, users will be able to catch up on a message that mentions or being replied to them by tapping on a new @ button, which now appears at the bottom right corner of the chat. This will allow users to see the messages while they were away.

4) Participant search: Through this feature users can search for participants on the group info page. Admins can now remove admin permissions of other group participants, and group creators can no longer be removed from the group they started. 

5) Protection: WhatsApp has also introduced protection through which users can't be repeatedly added to groups they've leave once.

Earlier, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and co-founder of Facebook has revealed that WhatsApp will get group video calling feature and sticker support ‘soon’. “Voice and video calls are very popular on WhatsApp, and we’re excited to share that group calling will be coming in the months ahead. Stickers are also coming to WhatsApp soon,” the company mentioned in a blog post.