New Feature: WhatsApp will Soon Allow up to 1,024 People in Group Chat

WhatsApp will Soon Allow up to 1,024 People in Group Chat

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WhatsApp has been adding new features to its platform to catch up with other messaging services that are miles ahead.

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WhatsApp group chats have been one of the areas of focus, which is continuously getting bigger.

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For a long time, there was a cap of 256 people to join a WhatsApp group.

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While this was good enough for a group of family and friends, it became limited for people working in an organization or for a larger group.

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While this was good enough for a group of family and friends, it became limited for people working in an organization or for a larger group.

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WhatsApp’s group chat limit is now expanded to 1,024 people.

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WABetaInfo highlights that this number will get doubled, and the number of people can add to a group will cross the thousand mark in the coming days.

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Sadly, the feature is limited to beta users, and it is rolling out only to them at the moment.

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Only a select set of WhatsApp users are reportedly getting to use the expanded WhatsApp group chat facility.

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