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WhatsApp users will soon be able to create groups without names: Zuckerberg
The new feature names groups of up to 6 participants based on their names.
Mark Zuckerberg announced the feature in a Facebook post. (Image Source: Unsplash)
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WhatsApp users will soon be able to create groups without names: Zuckerberg
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced a new feature for WhatsApp that lets users create groups without a name. In a recent Facebook post, Zuckerberg said that the functionality can come in handy when you are in a hurry and don’t have time or the bandwidth to name a group.
Also, unnamed groups with up to 6 participants will now be dynamically named based on who is in the group. For example, if there are two participants in a group named ‘Matt’ and ‘Lupin’, WhatsApp will automatically label the conversation as ‘Matt and Lupin’.
WhatsApp explains that the feature also protects user privacy with the group name displayed differently for each participant, based on how they have named the person in their on-device contact. In case you are added to a group with people who don’t have your contact, they will only be able to see your phone number in the group.
The ability to make unnamed groups will be rolling out to everyone in the coming weeks, so you might have to wait a while.
In the last few weeks, WhatsApp developers have introduced a bunch of new features to the instant messaging platforms like the ability to send photos in HD, edit sent media captions and a new AI-powered sticker generation tool.
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