WhatsApp Polls feature coming soon on group chats: What is it, how it will work? Check here

After announcing multiple features to its platform, the Meta-owned popular messaging application WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will make it easy for WhatsApp users to share their views with others users in a group.

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According to report from WABetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp, is working on a ‘Group Polls’ feature that will enable WhatsApp users to create in-app polls and share them in group chats. A screenshot of the feature shared by the blog site gives us a closer glimpse into the interface of the upcoming feature.

The screenshot shows that a poll will appear as a message in a group chat. However, unlike a regular message, a poll will have multiple options for the group members to pick from. There will also be a ‘Vote’ button at the end of the message that will enable users to cast their vote or in other words to share their selection.

Additionally, the report has revealed that that all options in a poll, and users’ answers will be end-to-end encrypted. This means no one, neither the group members nor WhatsApp will be able to check users’ responses.

According to the report, WhatsApp’s upcoming group polls feature is still under development and it will be sometime before the feature is made available to the beta users of its Android and iOS-based apps before rolling it out to a wider audience.

In related news, WhatsApp is likely working on another new feature. The messaging application reportedly adding the option to hide your 'Last Seen' status from specific contacts.

"With the latest beta release of its iOS app, WhatsApp has added an option that allows users to limit specific individuals from seeing their 'Last Scene' status, according to WABetaInfo," IANS report said.