How to create a WhatsApp community on iOS, Android - Check guide here

WhatsApp Communities: The WhatsApp community features is now live in India. According to the messaging application, Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella with a structure that works for them. That way people can receive updates sent to the entire Community and easily organize smaller discussion groups on what matters to them.

Communities will also contain powerful new tools for admins, including announcement messages that are sent to everyone and control over which groups can be included. Once in a community, users can easily switch between available groups to get the information you need, when they need it, and admins can send important updates to everyone in the Community. 

To get started, users can tap on the new communities tab at the top of their chats on Android and at the bottom on iOS. From there, users will be able to start a new Community from scratch or add existing groups.

How to create create a WhatsApp community

- 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.
Create a community

- 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 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.

How to add groups on WhatsApp community

Tap 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 tap Next.

When finished adding groups to your community, tap Create