WhatsApp is one of the top instant messaging platforms, having more than two billion active users on iOS and Android globally

The Meta-owned company has rolled out more than 20 new features this year making 2022 as their biggest year yet

Effective calling Just like with voice calls, users can now video call up to 32 people on their mobile phones, four times the number of people than before. Features like messaging or muting call participants, and sending call links to easily invite people to group calls have also been introduced

Communities Communities are designed to house multiple related groups within bigger organisations of people. Users in the community can easily switch between available groups to get the information, and admins can send important updates to everyone in the community

Emoji reactions The most-awaited feature on WhatsApp was emoji reactions feature, which allows people to react to the conversations with emojis, making the exchange effective. Earlier, WhatsApp limited the usage of emojis, but now, one can use any emoji they want to, including skin tone selector

2GB file sharing Files up to 2GB size limit can now be shared through the app, an increase from the previous limit of 100MB. The new feature will surely help users to easily collaborate on projects

Leave groups silently Until now, WhatsApp used to alert group members when someone left the group, but not any longer. With the launch of the new “leave groups silently” feature, users now get the option to leave the group without anyone getting to know

Undo Delete for me With this feature, accidental delete will give users a five-second window to undo their decision to delete a message for themselves and subsequently delete it for everyone

Avatars Launch of stickers earlier has made the chats more cheerful and colourful. Taking a step ahead, WhatsApp now lets you create your own avatars — a digitalised personalised way to express yourself

Online status hiding Though ‘hide last seen status’ earlier would hide the user’s last seen, it would still show ‘online’ whenever people were using the platform. By enabling the new feature, contacts of the users would not be able to know when they are online