Instant messaging applications have become one of the most used methods in the world communicate using the mobile phone. In Europe, the most used is WhatsApp according to Statista data, and the truth is that despite having a large user base, the company continues to present new features with practically every version.
Some of the latest new features have been as interesting as the ability to like a message by double-tapping it, or to create images using Meta’s artificial intelligence. Of course, these are curious features for a messaging app, and they will soon reach all users.
Now, one of its upcoming features has been discovered in the beta version of the app: Lists. This is a method by which the app offers users the ability to better organize your contactsalthough it can also offer other things, such as the ability to choose privacy settings for each of the lists.
Contact lists
To work, WhatsApp uses the contacts that we have saved in the phone’s directory, as this is one of the ways in which you can add someone to WhatsApp. Now, with the new function, reported by WaBetaInfo, It would be possible for users to create different lists to save contacts by categories.
For example, it would be possible to create one for family, friends or people we work with. This way, it would be easier to differentiate between several people with the same name and there would be fewer errors when sending messages through the application.
WhatsApp Lists
It is not yet clear what options might be available by separating users into lists. Some possibilities might be to use these lists to separate content shared across statesby selecting only the user groups with whom one wishes to share them, could be done with broadcasts.
On the other hand, it would also be possible to choose different privacy options depending on each group. Of course, this type of separation could help keep the application more organized and better separate the discussions we have with different people depending on the relationship we have with them.
