WhatsApp May Be Working To Introduce 'Private Newsletter Tool'

According to WhatsApp tester WABetaInfo, the Meta-owned messaging platform is working on a “private newsletter tool” that may launch in a future update of the app.

WhatsApp newsletters will be a one-to-many tool for broadcasting information.

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Seems like WhatsApp is looking to introduce a private newsletter tool. According to WhatsApp tester WABetaInfo, the Meta-owned messaging platform is working on a “private newsletter tool” that may launch in a future update of the app.

WhatsApp newsletters will be a one-to-many tool for broadcasting information and they might be a new way to easily receive useful updates from people and groups like local officials, sports teams or other organisations. 

WABetaInfo noted that WhatsApp is working on bringing the ability to create newsletters to a future update of the app. The feature is currently under development and hence, it is not ready to be released to beta testers as of now.

"Probably, based on the positive feedback received from the feature that brings announcement groups to communities, WhatsApp is now working on a new feature called Newsletter. To be honest, we cannot say for sure that it is really called 'Newsletter' as it seems a codename at the moment, but we can temporarily call it that way," WABetaInfo wrote on its page.

Meanwhile, the Meta-owned messaging platform was said to be working on a new "Report status update" feature on Android beta last month. The new feature is said to let users report status updates that might violate the platform's Terms of Service, in addition to the already available feature to report messages, WABetaInfo had reported.

A report button will be available within the status options.

Also, WhatsApp rival Telegram recently hit back at rival Meta-owned WhatsApp after chief Will Cathcart slammed the messaging app over its security practices. Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn refuted claims made by Cathcart about the security of Telegram which was founded by Pavel Durov, says a recent report by GSMArena.

According to the GSMArena report, Telegram has compiled a list of nine errors in the Wired article, which you can find over on telegra.ph (a minimalistic publishing tool by Telegram). The post ends with “This list is being expanded”.

Moreover, in his tweet, Cathcart also wrote: “They (Telegram) have built another API that seems to allow access to user content for mass surveillance."