WhatsApp may soon introduce a newsfeed system that will make it easier to share general information.
In order to retain its users and attract even more, WhatsApp has no choice but to constantly develop new features to offer an even more complete and successful experience. Like many of its competitors in the instant messaging market, this leads to a lot of testing stages for future features. These tests are carried out more or less covertly, on more or less large groups of users. Today it looks like the platform is testing a private mailing system.
WhatsApp may soon introduce a newsletter system
You may soon no longer have to send group chat messages to keep your WhatsApp friends up to date. WABetaInfo has discovered a code in the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android that links to a yet-to-be-announced “Newsletter”feature. While it’s still unclear exactly how the feature works, it will be a private space in the Status tab that allows you to share content with multiple followers. Names and other contact details are hidden by default.
Engadget has contacted WhatsApp’s parent company, Meta, about this but has not received a response as of this writing. In any case, this is the very first release to mention this “Newsletter”feature, so it will probably be quite a while before we hear more. It’s also entirely possible that WhatsApp will eventually decide not to roll out the feature to the general public at all.
This would make it easier to share general information.
If the company decided to take on this project, it would not be a big surprise. WhatsApp is not only a source of information, but also a simple messaging service where users often forward messages and receive them through group chats. Newsletters will make this whole communication process a little more homogeneous. Meta has spent several years transitioning to privacy-focused services, including its communities, which can link multiple chat groups. This novelty will expand the functionality of WhatsApp without turning it into a social network a la Facebook.