today, 6.59pm | by Laura Jenny
WhatsApp is busy with its channels: not much can be done at the moment: they can send, but as a follower you can only reply with emojis. However, the situation will change soon: especially on the “transmitting side”. These are three things coming to WhatsApp channels.
Surveys
Now it’s all done in a somewhat artificial way: you ask a question and let people choose a certain emoji to answer. The situation will change soon, because from that moment it will be possible to use surveys within WhatsApp channels. It works like the surveys you already know from group conversations, where they are used, for example, to know which date is best to set for an aperitif evening, or who wants to eat fish, meat or vegetarian at the restaurant. In Channels is a good way to ask people questions, for example like we do in our survey here on Androidworld.
Management options
When you create a WhatsApp channel, you do so on a specific account. But if that person, for whatever reason, can no longer be, or doesn’t want to be, the manager, then you’re kind of stuck with that person. Fortunately, the situation will change soon. While you can now invite more people to become administrators, you will soon also be able to ensure that ownership is transferred. There can apparently only ever be one owner, but that ownership must be able to be transferred and this appears to be included in WhatsApp, according to WABetaInfo, which spotted this in the code.
Voice messages
It seems that it is already possible with some WhatsApp channels, but soon you will be able to do everything: send voice messages. Great for artists who want to play a snippet of their new music, but also for people who want to offer, for example, a kind of podcast via their WhatsApp channel. An average of 7 billion voice messages are sent every day during normal conversations, so there are probably many nice applications for this form of WhatsApp within the channels.
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2024-01-20 17:59:00
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