What can't be overlooked about WhatsApp in 2024

Maintaining the essence of privacy and its intuitive nature, WhatsApp launched several new features throughout 2024 to make your conversations more personal and fun. Here are some useful features that you might have missed this year:

Organize like a master! 

Now you can manage contacts Via WhatsApp Web, Windows, or any linked device. Furthermore, the option to save contacts solely on WhatsApp simplifies device switching! Custom Lists and the option of Favorites Also arrived to help keep the most important conversations within reach with a touch. Other new features that aided user organization included the ability to search messages by date and the functionality Message Draftswhich ensures that unfinished texts stay at the top of the list, preventing them from being forgotten.

Getting closer has become even easier (and more fun). 

The new feature Events Allows creating events, tracking attendance confirmations, and receiving automatic reminders. Details remain accessible on the group's information page, for easy access. Video calls now support up to... 32 people and you can have fun with Filters and Funds That match your humor. WhatsApp also increased the reliability of calls with the MLow codec. On mobile devices, noise and echo cancellation has been improved, making conversations clearer even in noisy environments. Video calls now have higher resolution for those with faster connections, providing an even smoother, high-quality experience.

The year audio became captioned.

Brazil, the king of WhatsApp audio (sending 4x more than any other country!), now features Automatic voice message transcriptionsPerfect for accompanying conversations in noisy environments or avoiding those lengthy audio recordings. Transcripts are rendered on the device, ensuring everything remains end-to-end encrypted. This means no one else, not even WhatsApp, can see, hear, or read the messages.

Follow what truly matters to you!

Staying up-to-date on your favorite topics has become even easier: explore Channels by browsing Categories As People, Organizations, Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment, Business, and News and Information. Enjoyed the content? Just forward it to a conversation or post it directly to your Status.

Security is a priority here.

You Context cards New information arrived in the groups, including who added you, how long the group has existed, and who created it. Based on this information, you can decide whether to stay or leave the group and review some of the available security tools to stay safe on WhatsApp. This new feature supports existing resources, such as silence unknown calls, Locked conversations, Privacy control in the app and settings Who can add you to groups. 

Express your emotions in a more creative way! 

Transform your stickers or explore the extensive collection of GIPHY Packed with amazing options, all in WhatsApp! If you're a Channel Creator, you can now share Voice Updates with its followers, a feature that has been very popular. And there's more: now a Channel can have up to 16 administratorsmaking creation and management much easier!

Your AI assistant is ready to lend a hand.

With a Meta AIYou can ask any question to explore new topics or even resolve a discussion in the group. To start, just open a conversation with the assistant or tag @MetaAI in any chat. And that's not all! Meta AI can also generate amazing images with the command /imagine Directly in the chat. 

Pix integrated into the profile

WhatsApp recently announced a feature specifically developed for Brazilian users: the option to add their Pix key directly to their profile. The new button will be available below the profile picture, making it easier for those needing to make a transfer, eliminating the need for the common question: "What's your Pix key?". The new feature is optional and will be implemented gradually in Brazil until the end of January. 

New ways to format your messages

Adding Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, and Monospace to WhatsApp. Four new formatting options A text to help users organize and create their messages. Now, you can communicate more effectively with bulleted lists, numbered lists, block quotes, and embedded code, frequently used by developers who need to share code snippets or commands. 

WhatsApp, always modern, simple, and accessible.

2024 also saw some design updates, including color changes, icon and illustration revisions, and a new native, modern bottom navigation bar on Android. All changes were designed to maintain WhatsApp's simplicity, reliability, and privacy, focusing on a design perspective that creates intuitive and clear workflows, working universally, and helping people connect while protecting user privacy. WhatsApp's Head of Design, Idit Yaniv, shared details about these decisions in a... Please provide the Portuguese text you would like translated. "Post" is a very general word.showing how any update, large or small, can impact the way 2 billion people communicate worldwide.