WhatsApp now lets up to 512 people into your group chats
What you need to know
- WhatsApp now allows up to 512 people in a single group chat.
- Support for file transfers of up to 2GB in size has been added.
- WhatsApp had already added support for message reactions today.
WhatsApp has announced that people can now have put to 512 people in a single group chat — assuming they can find that many people they want to talk to!
The new announcement was made via the WhatsApp blog, with the outfit also confirming that message reactions are also now live.
The same blog post also confirmed that people can now send files of up to 2GB in size for the first time, an increase on the previous limit of a rather paltry 100MB.
WhatsApp was already one of the best iPhone apps at what it did and these changes won't hurt its chances of finding a home on Home screens around the world, either.
No new app update is required for these changes to kick in. Those who don't already have WhatsApp installed can grab it from the App Store now.
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