WhatsApp Addresses Incessant Notifications With These New Features
WhatsApp, the messaging app from Meta Group, is gaining new features to reduce unnecessary notifications in your inbox.
In an update I monitored WABetaInfoWe learned that WhatsApp will roll out new features to reduce notifications from spam or in response to statuses.
No more spam
WhatsApp keeps getting better. After introducing a new way to sign up without a phone number, the instant messaging app is tackling a notorious problem: spam.
This feature, which is being tested in the beta version of Android 2.24.17.21, will allow users to block messages from spam or unknown numbers.
In the screenshot I took WABetaInfoWe can see that you will have to go to advanced settings to activate the option. The app seems to indicate that not all messages will be blocked, and the volume must reach a certain number without specifying it.
In addition to protecting you from unwanted or fraudulent links, this function improves the performance of your device by reducing the weight that these unwanted messages can represent.
WABetaInfo It specifies that WhatsApp actually uses algorithms to filter these messages.
Less intrusive notifications
The second feature being tested is how you respond to your contacts' statuses. Previously, an interaction was the equivalent of a message ending up in your main inbox.
Now, when you tap the little reaction heart below your contacts' Stories, the action will no longer send a message. It will create a notification that is only visible to the person when they review the list of people who have viewed their Story like on Instagram.
WhatsApp continues to improve its app by leveraging features from within the Meta suite. Earlier this summer, we learned about the arrival of an Instagram feature on WhatsApp that will allow you to respond to messages more quickly.