Communities on WhatsApp will begin rolling out to users internationally and will be accessible to everyone over the course of the next few months, announced Mark Zuckerberg.

“WhatsApp Communities was launched by supporting sub-groups, numerous threads, announcement channels, and other features. It also helps to improve groups. Additionally, we are introducing surveys and 32-person video calling. All protected by end-to-end encryption to ensure the confidentiality of your messages,” said Mark Zuckerberg, founder, and CEO of Meta.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that WhatsApp has been developing Communities, a significant change to the way users would be able to connect in the groups that matter to them. Multiple groups can now be brought together under one roof in communities including neighborhoods, workplaces, and parents at a school to facilitate group conversations.

Users can access the new communities option at either the top of their chats on Android or the bottom of their chats on iOS. From there, users can either add already-existing groups or create a new Community from scratch. Users may quickly switch between accessible groups once they’re in a community to acquire the information they need when they need it, and administrators can deliver critical updates to everyone in the community.

With Communities, WhatsApp hopes to set a new standard for how businesses interact while providing a level of security and privacy unmatched by any other platform. The current solutions call for users to entrust software or app developers with a copy of their messages. WhatsApp considers that people should have a higher level of security from end-to-end encryption.

Three additional capabilities are also being made available by WhatsApp: 32-person video calling, in-chat polling, and groups with up to 1024 participants. These features, which can be used in any group and are similar to emoji reactions, larger file sharing, and admin deletion, will be very useful for Communities.

The business has built Communities in collaboration with more than 50 organizations across 15 nations, and it’s encouraging to hear that these new tools are assisting these organizations in being better organized and achieving their objectives.

Priyanka Dutta