WhatsApp news of the week: secret code feature for locked chats and channel username

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 7 stories we shared, the best news of the week is about the secret code for locked chats, a new feature available to some beta testers who install the most recent version of WhatsApp beta for Android!!

WHATSAPP NEWS OF THE WEEK

1. Thanks to the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.24.15 update, we discovered that WhatsApp is working on a feature that allows users to see the view count of channel updates. This feature is in development and it will be available in a future update of the app.
2. WhatsApp Web gets a new feature to allow some beta testers to search messages by choosing a date.
3. In the article about the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.24.16 update, we announced that WhatsApp is working on a feature to allow users to quickly search messages by choosing a day in the date picker. While this feature has been already released for WhatsApp Web, it is still in development on the Android app.
4. With the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.24.20 update, WhatsApp is releasing a secret code feature for locked chats, which makes it possible to hide locked conversations from the chat list by enhancing privacy. In our opinion, this is the best news of the week:

5. After installing the recent WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.24.19 update, some channel owners are now able to share stickers in their channels. Check out our WhatsApp channel for an example!
6. The WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.24.17 brings useful information regarding the ability for channel owners to choose a username for their channels. This feature is under development and it will be available in the future.
7. WhatsApp is also introducing another feature for the web client by bringing new text formatting tools for messages.

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

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