It’s been a while since WhatsApp introduced Communities and, from that moment, more and more people have discovered the potential of this precious tool made available to users. For this reason the developers of Meta have decided to make it more and more complete, frequently adding new useful features, especially for Community groups. What attracts attention above all is a novelty, which could soon see the light: the organization of events directly on the platformboth physical and online ones.
It’s about a feature that encourages users to meet not only virtually, but also in reality, and which simplifies the organization of meetings both remotely and in person. Let’s find out all the details of the news coming to WhatsApp, how and who can create and respond to events and what the timing is for its release to all users.
All the details on the new WhatsApp feature that allows you to organize events
The new WhatsApp feature that allows you to organize events with extreme simplicity was designed mainly for groups of Community. All members can use it, who can create an event at any time and plan a virtual or physical meeting.
All other participants in the group they receive an automatic notification about the event created. They will be able to respond by confirming their presence or announcing their absence. The answers will be visible to everyone, so that users will be able to know at any time who will participate in the meeting and who will be absent.
Those who have confirmed that they want to participate in the event receive a second one notifies you when the event date or time is approaching, in order to avoid forgetfulness and delays. All events organized within the groups will be included in a list visible on the page it contains Community information.
Furthermore, each event will have a dedicated chat where you can talk about the details of the meeting or the reasons for your absence without creating confusion in the main group.
Organization of events on WhatsApp, who will have access to the new functionality
The new WhatsApp feature was announced by Meta. The company has specified that this will be released first at Community. Subsequently, will be made available to all groupseven those made up of a few people.
It might take a few more months before being able to organize birthday parties, meetings, appointments and gatherings of all kinds with multiple people directly from Whatsapp, in just a few clicks and in all the groups of the Meta messaging app, including those that do not belong to a Community.
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