In this new feature group-admins can silent those pesky group members that keep bothering everyone else with their nosy messages and inappropriate shares in the group. Whatsapp has finally thought about group handling as WhatsApp groups have become really popular among the masses.
From business to individuals everyone has shifted to WhatsApp from document sharing to pictures. Whatsapp has almost killed the humble office scanner. But group handling has been very tricky and people could share anything they wanted regardless of the audience at hand.
New Update to Whatsapp
The new feature promises to give the administrator more power in a group chat. The report said that the administrator is free to restrict a member from sending text messages, photographs, GIFs, or voice messages.
Once restricted, you can use the ‘Message Admin’ button to send a message to the group. You will be able to send a message to the administrator of the group, who will ultimately decide whether it will be seen by other members of the group – or rejected completely.
The Restricted group feature can be enabled by anyone with an administrative authority within the group chat. The settings can be changed every 72 hours, meaning group members can be silenced for a few hours at a time.
WABetaInfo, a site that tracks upcoming WhatsApp features wrote:
“WhatsApp will prevent the group creator to be deleted from the group by other administrators. This will help the group creator to have the full control of the group.· The administrators will be able to choose if other participants can modify the subject of the group, its icon and its description.”
The feature is currently supported by Android and iOS beta, but WhatsApp has disabled it on its servers.