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WhatsApp is rolling out a new setting that lets you specify which people in your contact list can add you to groups on the messaging platform. This is a refined version of a feature that rolled out earlier this year.  In the previous iteration, you could choose to allow anyone to add you to groups, or all your contacts, or no one at all. The new version lets you pick certain people who can add you to groups, that avoids people whom you don’t know well adding you to random groups. Here’s how it works: Open WhatsApp on your phone, and go to  Settings > Accounts > Privacy > Groups . Select “My contacts except for…” option. Add contacts whose groups you’re okay to join, to the list. In countries like India, where WhatsApp is very popular, it’s common for people to add you to groups without permission.  While an earlier version of these settings prevented strangers from adding you to rando groups, it’s quite possible you don’t know all the people in your contact li

If you're a consistent and heavy WhatsApp user, you surely know that this mobile application's features are always exciting. Probably what makes them exciting is that it's not always that developers of this application launch new features. Because of this, users are always looking forward to something new when it comes to the things they can do with WhatsApp either on their iOS or Android device. Specifically, this year has been busy with reports of new and exciting features entering WhatsApp. Aside from functioning as a free instant messenger, this messaging platform has now more things to offer. Splash screen, hide muted status, self-destructing messages, new group privacy, and dark mode are among the new WhatsApp features to look forward to. If you haven't experienced or tried the features yet, read the descriptions and see what you might be missing. Must-Experience Features There are other things you can do with WhatsApp than send free messages

WHATSAPP has some pretty hefty changes planned for its popular chat app. The coming months could see some awesome new features make their way to the app, as well as some tweaks that really should’ve been made a few years ago, and one change that could prove very unpopular with users with older iPhones. WhatsApp is the most popular chat app on the planet right now. The Facebook-owned messenger works across an array of mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Mac or Windows PC. It lets users send text messages, videos, photos, files, webpages and more, over a mobile internet connection or Wi-Fi. WhatsApp is not known to race ahead with new or experimental features. Instead, the service plods along and slowly tweaks and improves its apps. As such, new features in WhatsApp are a big deal. We’ve been hearing about some pretty drastic changes in the pipeline for the app, so here’s five incoming changes that you should be on the look-out for… 1 – Vanishing