While some conferencing applications, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, allow hosts to mute all (or specific) participants, they usually do not offer individual users a way to mute anyone they want during a call. This feature offers a new level of control that might be best stored for chaotic meetings involving up to eight people on video calls – or up to 32 on voice calls. Some new features for group calling on @WhatsApp: Now you can mute or text specific people in a call (great if anyone forgets to mute!) And we’ve added a handy hint so you can see more easily when more people make long calls. pic.twitter.com/fxAUCAzrsy – Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) June 16, 2022 In addition to the new mute feature, WhatsApp now lets you send messages to specific people while on a group call, perhaps if you want to make a note to someone during a meeting or if you want to make a joke that may not go with the whole team. WhatsApp is also launching a new banner that will alert you when a new person joins a call after it has already started. The messaging service creates more than just group calling. On Friday, WhatsApp announced that you can now choose which contacts will be able to see your profile picture, including the last time you saw the status that shows when you were last active on the platform. This could help keep your profile private from business contacts or anyone who does not want to have access to this information 24/7. Last year, WhatsApp started hiding your status for the last time from strangers by default due to possible privacy effects. Earlier this week, WhatsApp finally released the ability for Android users to transfer their chat history to iPhone, after the company initially started allowing users to transfer their chat data in the opposite direction (from iPhone to Android) last year. .
