WhatsApp news of the week: AI-powered chats and stickers

If you missed our stories this week about the latest updates to WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, this is a good time to catch up thanks to our summary. Among the 11 stories we shared, the best news of the week is about A.I. agents and stickers, a new feature powered by Meta!

WHATSAPP NEWS OF THE WEEK

1. In the article about the WhatsApp for iOS 23.19.76 update, we announced that WhatsApp was widely rolling out a feature to manage who can add members to communities.
2. We announced an improved interface with new icons and colors with the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.20.10. The feature is under development and it will be released in a future update.
3. With the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.20.16 update, we announced that WhatsApp has plans to introduce a search feature within the Updates tab to allow users to quickly search for status updates and channels. The feature is in development an it will be released in a future update of the app.
4. A new banner may appear within the app settings to suggest people how to create a new group after installing the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.20.13 update.
5. The WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.20.1.70 update offers some beta testers the possibility to create and share AI-stickers.
6. Mark Zuckerberg announced AI-powered chats with different A.I. agents and the ability to make AI-stickers to put in your chats. These new features are available to a certain group of users on iOS, Android, and Desktop, and WhatsApp has plans to release them to more people in the near future. In our opinion, this is the best news of the week:

7. Thanks to the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.20.18 update, we discovered that WhatsApp wants to replace the green verification badge with a blue checkmark to likely standardize the verification badge color across all the Meta apps.
8. An improved “about” feature is under development and it will be called “text status”, providing users with the ability to set an expiration for their own status. The feature was revealed with the article about the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.20.12 update.
9. We revealed the details regarding a new sidebar and group chat filter in development for WhatsApp Web.
10. In the article about the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.20.11 update, we shared information regarding the ability to automatically delete channel media, a feature in development for a future update of the app.
11. With the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.20.20 update, we announced a new reply bar aimed to help some beta testers quickly reply to images, videos, and GIFs.

Stay tuned with us to discover new features and updates about WhatsApp, coming your way next week!

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