What can not go unnoticed about WhatsApp in 2024

Keeping the essence of privacy and its intuitive nature, WhatsApp launched throughout 2024 several news to make your conversations more personal and fun. Here are some useful features that may have gone unnoticed by you this year:

Organize like a master! 

Now you can manage contacts by WhatsApp Web, Windows or any linked device.In addition, the option to save contacts exclusively on WhatsApp makes it easy to switch devices! Custom Lists and the option of Favorites they also arrived to help keep the most important conversations within reach of a touch. Other news that helped the organization of users was the possibility of searching messages by date and functionality Draft Messages, which makes unfinished texts top the list, ensuring they are not forgotten.

Being around just got easier (and fun) 

New functionality Events it allows you to create events, track attendance confirmations and receive automatic reminders. Details are always accessible on the group information page, making it easy to access. Video calls now support even 32 People ^and you can have fun with Filters & Funds whatsapp also increased the reliability of calls with the MLow codec. On mobile devices, noise cancellation and echo has been improved, making conversations sharper even in noisy environments.Video calls have gained a higher resolution for those who have faster connections, providing an even more fluid and high quality experience.

The year in which audios won legend

Brazil, the king of audio on WhatsApp (sending 4x more than any other country!), now has automatic voice message transcriptions. Perfect for keeping track of conversations in noisy environments or avoiding listening to those long audios. Transcriptions are rendered on the device, ensuring that everything remains end-to-end encrypted.This means that no one else, not even WhatsApp, can see, hear or read the messages.

Follow what really matters to you!

Staying on top of your favorite topics just got easier: explore Channels by browsing Categories like People, Organizations, Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment, Business and News and Information. Did you like the content? Just forward to a conversation or publish it directly to yours Status.

Safety is a priority here

You context cards they reached the groups bringing more information, which includes who added you, how long ago the group was created and who created it. From this information, you can decide whether you want to stay or leave the group and review some of the security tools available to stay safe on WhatsApp. The novelty came supporting existing features, such as mute unknown calls, locked conversations, privacy control in the application and settings of who can add you to groups. 

Express your emotions in a more creative way! 

Transform your pictures in figurines or explore the extensive collection of GIPHY full of amazing options, all on WhatsApp! If you are Channel Creator, you can now share Voice Updates with your followers, feature that has been very popular.And there is more: now a Channel can have even 16 Administrators, making creation and management much easier!

Your AI assistant is ready to give that help

With a Meta AI, you can ask any question to explore new topics or even solve that discussion in the group. To start, just open a conversation with the assistant or mark @MetaAI in any chat. And not stop there! Meta AI can also generate amazing images with the command /imagine direct in chat. 

Pix integrated into the profile

WhatsApp recently announced a feature developed especially for Brazilian users: the option to add your Pix key directly to the profile. The new button will be available below the profile photo, facilitating information for those who need to make a transfer, without the need for the famous question: “what is your Pix?”. The novelty is optional and will begin to be implemented gradually in Brazil by the end of January. 

New ways to format your messages

Added to Bold, Italic, Striked and Monospaced, WhatsApp won four new formatting options text to help the user organize and create their messages. Now, it is possible to communicate more effectively with item list, numbered list, block citation and embedded code, often used by developers who need to share code snippets or commands. 

WhatsApp is always modern, simple and accessible

2024 Was also a year of some design updates, such as changing colors, icons and illustrations, as well as a new bottom navigation bar, native and modern, on Android. All changes were thought to keep WhatsApp simple, reliable and private, focusing on a design perspective that creates intuitive and clear flows, that work universally, and help people connect, while protecting users' privacy. Idit Yaniv, Head of Design at WhatsApp, told all about these decisions in one post, showing how any updates, small or large, can impact how 2 billion people communicate around the world.