WhatsApp’s new update: Group admins can delete any message in the group

NEW DELHI, (INDIA TODAY): Meta’s very own instant messaging app – WhatsApp is working on exciting and new features which will give more power and enhance the experience for users as well as for group admins.

Right now the option is only available to few ‘Beta testers”, but the feature is expected to roll out for all users over the next two months.

It is not yet known if any group admins in India have got access to this feature, but they should within the coming weeks, according to other reports.

As per a WABetInfo report quoted by India Today, WhatsApp is finally rolling out an ‘admin delete option’ to some lucky beta testers on WhatsApp beta for Android.

The Admin delete feature allows group admins to delete any message in their groups, the report said and the message once deleted will be ‘deleted for everyone’, including the creator or sender.

With this feature, group admins are expected to have more control over their groups by using this new moderation tool.

WhatsApp has released a new footer to inform people that their chats, calls, location sharing, status updates, and more, are end-to-end encrypted, in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.17.6 update.

WhatsApp has also released a rich preview when sharing links to text status updates. The feature has been released to some beta testers that install the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.17.8 update or newer versions of the app.