JAKARTA - Following the announcement of an upgrade to the Privacy Controls feature, Meta also revealed that it added an update to its messaging app, WhatsApp for group calls.

In a WhatsApp group call session, you can now mute the microphone of someone who is on a call. This feature can help when you are on a call with many people, so as not to produce an echo of what they are saying.

In addition to the "Mute" feature, you can now also send direct messages to specific people who are in the same group call.

In the image posted by Will Cathcart as head of WhatsApp and Meta on Twitter, quoted Sunday 19 June, it seems that to use this feature you simply press the name of the person you want to chat with, and then you will see the option to mute or send a direct message to that person. the.

The last feature added is, WhatsApp now allows you to see who has recently joined a group call. As with Zoom and Google Meet, the name of a user who recently joined a group call will appear at the bottom.


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