WhatsApp has officially launched Communities. It provides users with the ability to organize and bring related groups together under one umbrella.
Community admins can reach members with important updates by sending announcements, and community members can stay connected by exploring and chatting in groups that matter to them.
Members can receive updates sent to the entire community and easily organize smaller discussion groups on what matters to them. Your personal messages and calls in communities are always end-to-end encrypted. No one else, not even the messaging platform, can read or listen to them.
To complement communities on WhatsApp, we’ll also be rolling out new features to group chats to help people including:
- Reactions
- File Sharing
- Larger Voice Calls
- Admin Controls
You can create a WhatsApp community with up to 50 groups in addition to the announcement group. You can add up to 5,000 members to the community announcement group.
Android
- Open WhatsApp > tap More options > New community.
- Alternatively, tap New chat > New community.
- You can also navigate to the community tab > New community.
- Enter the community name, description, and profile photo.
- The community name limit is 24 characters.
- Your description should provide members with an idea of what your community is about.
- You can add a community icon by tapping the Camera icon. You can choose Take Photo, Choose Photo, or Search Web to add an image. Once set, the icon will appear next to the community in the Chats tab.
- Tap the green arrow icon to add existing groups or create a new group.
- To add groups to your community:
- Tap Create New Group or Add Existing Groups.
- Create a New Group: Enter the group subject. This will be the name of the group that all participants will see.
- You can create up to 10 new groups.
- You can add a group icon as well as a short description of the group.
- You can add participants later.
- Add Existing Groups: You can choose to add groups you’re currently an admin of to your community. Select which groups to add then tap the green arrow icon.
- Create a New Group: Enter the group subject. This will be the name of the group that all participants will see.
- When finished adding groups to your community, tap the green check mark icon.
iPhone
Open WhatsApp > tap New chat
> New Community > Get Started.Enter the community name, description, and profile photo.
- The community name limit is 24 characters.
- Your description should provide members with an idea of what your community is about.
- You can add a community icon by tapping the Camera icon. You can choose Take Photo, Choose Photo, or Search Web to add an image. Once set, the icon will appear next to the community in the Chats tab.
Tap Next to add existing groups or create a new group.To add groups to your community:
- Tap Create New Group or Add Existing Group.
- Create a New Group: Enter the group subject. This will be the name of the group that all participants will see.
- You can create up to 10 new groups.
- You can add a group icon as well as a short description of the group.
- You can add participants later.
- Add Existing Group: You can choose to add groups you’re currently an admin of to your community. Select which groups to add then tap Next.
- Create a New Group: Enter the group subject. This will be the name of the group that all participants will see.
When finished adding groups to your community, tap Create
Web
- Click Menu above your chats list in WhatsApp.
- Alternatively, click the New chat icon.
- Enter the community name, description, and profile photo.
- The community name limit is 24 characters.
- Your description should provide members an idea of what your community is about.
- You can add a community icon by tapping the Camera icon. You can choose Take Photo, Choose Photo, or Search Web to add an image. Once set, the icon will appear next to the community in the Chats tab.
- Click the green arrow icon to add existing groups or create a new group.
- To add groups to your community:
- Click Create New Group or Add Existing Group.
- Create New Group: Enter the group subject. This will be the name of the group that all participants will see.
- You can create up to 10 new groups.
- You can add a group icon as well as a short description of the group.
- You can add participants later.
- Add Existing Group: You can choose to add groups you’re currently an admin of to your community. Select which groups to add then click the green arrow icon.
- Create New Group: Enter the group subject. This will be the name of the group that all participants will see.
- When finished adding groups to your community, click the green check mark icon.
