The next WhatsApp update will include a feature that aims to minimize (even more) the forwarding of messages containing hoaxes or false information.
Wabetainfo, a website that specializes in news about the instant messaging app owned by Meta, revealed that the latest beta version of the app includes a new limit on messages that are forwarded. This is mainly focused on group conversations.
WhatsApp currently limits forwarded messages to up to five conversations. That is, if the sender wants to forward messages to more contacts, whether they are written by themselves or messages from other chats, they can only select 5 contacts at the same time.
Once this limit is exceeded, the user must perform the action again. However, this limit also applies to groups, so the sender can easily forward this message to five group chats to distribute this misinformation to more people. In the second case, WhatsApp wants to be more restrictive.
WhatsApp's new restriction to prevent misinformation
With the new feature, available today in the beta version of WhatsApp for iOS and coming in final version, it will no longer be possible to forward texts that a contact previously forwarded to several group conversations.
In other words, if a message is received and marked as forwarded, it can only be forwarded to a group, even if the content of that conversation does not include misinformation or false news. If you want to send this message to another group, the same action will need to be performed again.
This restriction only applies to forwarded messages, not to messages created by yourself.
WhatsApp will also allow you to create conversations with numbers that are not on the agenda
WhatsApp will also include the opportunity to chat with phone numbers registered in the instant messaging application, but not necessarily that they are registered in the contact list of the cell phone. The platform adds this feature in the final beta, as a new menu appears every time the user is clicked on a message containing the phone number.
This menu will display three options:
- The first option is a button to add this phone number to contacts.
- The second option is to make a call to this number.
- The third option is a shortcut to open a WhatsApp discussion with this contact.
WhatsApp, it should be remembered, has allowed us to chat with users who are not on the mobile device's agenda, but only in some cases. Such as, for example, if the recipient has the user's contact and it is he who starts a chat.
New message forwarding limits and the ability to start a conversation with a person who is not scheduled in cell phone contacts are now available in the beta version of iOS and Android. Soon they will be available in an official version, we just have to wait.
This is how you can send a message without the 'forwarded' label appearing
1. Touch and hold the message you want to share and the copy icon will appear on the screen.
2. Choose this option to copy the message and then paste it into another chat. That way the content will have been shared without the 'forwarded' caption.
3. In the case of videos, photos or other types of files, you must press on such content
4. The share icon will appear. Click there and choose the conversation to which you want to send the message.
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