WhatsApp has just submitted a new stable update for iOS, available on the App Store: the build number is 23.20.79.
What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is widely rolling out a feature to find and follow Channels to everyone!
| Common questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Changelog about? | Channels |
| Status? | Rolling out |
| Compatibility? | WhatsApp for iOS 23.20.79 is marked as a compatible update, but some users may also be able to get the same feature by installing the previous updates. |
| I have the same version but I don’t have this feature. Why? | Although WhatsApp has officially announced this feature, some users may receive it over the coming weeks, as mentioned in the changelog on the App Store. |
| Previous news? | WhatsApp for iOS 23.20.76: what’s new? WhatsApp is widely rolling out a feature to create channels! |
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In the article about the WhatsApp for iOS 23.20.79 update, we announced that WhatsApp was widely rolling out a channel creation feature, allowing more users to create a channel and share broadcast updates with their followers. While WhatsApp is still rolling out the ability to create a channel to more users, the WhatsApp for iOS 23.20.79 update was released on the App Store a few hours ago. Thanks to the official changelog, we just discovered that WhatsApp has finally announced the ability to find and follow channels for the first time in the app update notes!
The official changelog finally mentions that it’s now possible to find and follow channels to receive updates about topics users care about right within the new Updates tab. In reality, WhatsApp has already shared similar announcements in the past, but this is the first time such news has appeared in the update notes. It’s very important to mention that this feature was already available to a lot of users since a month. However, there was still a restricted number of users who did not have access to channels during the initial release. Thanks to the latest update available on the App Store, WhatsApp is now widely rolling out this feature even to those people that weren’t able to experiment it with the previous versions of the app. It’s worth noting that this feature is still not available on linked devices even after installing this version, as a future update is needed to get channels on companion accounts.
If you don’t have this feature, note that some accounts may receive it over the coming weeks, as indicated in the official changelog. Please stay ahead by regularly updating WhatsApp from the App Store and the TestFlight app to get this feature in the future in case you don’t have it after installing this update.
The feature to create channels is available for iOS users that install the latest update of WhatsApp from the App Store. Make sure to install this update to enjoy a better user experience.
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