The group Goal has been rolling out a number of updates to its messenger. Recently, some tech blogs have indicated that developers are working on tools to let group admins Whatsapp more powerful. Despite these changes being required for some time, some users have expressed concerns about people becoming a bit more authoritative.
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According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp will grant admins the ability to delete any and all messages sent in chats in groups they oversee. Currently, they can only be deleted by the users who originally submitted them, but this new feature - which still has to go through testing in the beta version - will be a privilege only of administrators.
Still, members will be informed when a message has been deleted from the group, while admins will get a prompt to confirm if they really want to delete something. In addition, the deadline for deleting messages, which is currently up to 1 hour after sending, will be extended to 2 days and 12 hours. It is even an option that is already available for some Android users.
In the end, allowing users to delete messages in conversations made quite a difference in the dynamics of the application. Required for years, updates allowed errors to be corrected, in addition to bringing more security to the millions of people who use the service daily. However, the fear that the new update will create some administrators a little more authoritarian brought some distrust to some users.
App changes
In recent months, WhatsApp developers, after years of prioritizing the security and privacy of the messenger, such as the expansion of encryption, began to launch tools requested for years by users. Among them, the possibility of reacting to messages with emojis, temporary media such as on Instagram and listening to audio outside the chats in which they were sent.
In addition, a paid version of the application is being worked on, aimed at those who use WhatsApp Business.