The arrival of reactions to WhatsApp is not the only novelty that we are going to see these days in this messaging service. It has been confirmed that we will also have extensions: we will be able to send files up to 2 GB and join groups of up to 512 people.
More people, more file sizes
The possibility of sending 2 GB files had already been mentioned a few weeks ago, and at the time I had already warned that it was not a good idea. This can significantly bloat the phone’s storage, which already tends to cause problems precisely because of the large size that your conversations usually occupy. If we now add files of this size to this, the problem can multiply. My recommendation is that Please use this new feature with great caution.: With great power comes great responsibility.
The new limit of 512 people for groups doubles the previous limit, which was 256 people. Our colleagues from Xataka logically link this to the arrival of the communities, a new section capable of welcoming different groups according to their context. These communities probably need this capacity expansion for their members.
As for reactions, it will be some time before these developments are reflected in all of our iPhones. If you see you still don’t have it, make sure you’ve updated the app just in case (probably not necessary due to the web structure of the service) and be patient for a few days .
