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A day after a report emerged indicating that WhatsApp could soon deploy a feature in the group settings that only allows admins to converse in a group chat, WhatsApp is officially released and
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To enable the setting, WhatsApp users on Android as well as iOS are required to update their applications to the latest version. Users can then open a group conversation and press "Group Info," tap Group Settings and find the "Send Messages" option and then select "Only Administrators." This will allow only administrators to converse while other participants will receive a footer indicating that the administrator has prevented other people from conversing in the group.
The functionality is however, for the moment, limited to only one option, so that the administrator still can not block the individual rights of a particular person to send messages. ] "Send messages" option in the group settings. Image: WhatsApp
Clarifying the need to introduce such a feature, WhatsApp states in a statement: "Groups use groups to receive announcements and important information, including parents and school teachers, community centers and non-profit organizations. We introduced this new setting so that administrators could have better tools for these use cases. "
WhatsApp seems to be trying a number of small additions to give administrators greater control over their respective groups.Test a feature that allows senior group administrators to remove new administrators from their status in the option. settings
