WhatsApp update: This feature will allow you to exit WhatsApp groups silently

WhatsApp update: Meta-owned popular messaging application WhatsApp is likely working on a new feature that will allow users to silently exit groups. This feature is under development so it is not ready to be rolled out to beta testers.

According to a report from WABetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp, when users want to exit a WhatsApp group, other people will not be notified in the chat. Only group admins will be able to see who exits the group, but others do not.

Currently, when users exit a group, WhatsApp normally adds a system message in the chat to inform all participants that you exited the group. The report mentioned that even if the screenshot is taken from WhatsApp Desktop beta, the feature will surely be released on WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS in the future.

But this feature is under development on WhatsApp Desktop beta at the moment and it is planned to be rolled out to users in a future update, the report said.

Recently, the messaging platform has announced that it is rolling out new features, including emoji reactions, bigger files and groups. The company said that it is slowly rolling out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group, which, till now, allowed to add only up to 256.

WhatsApp said it recommends using WiFi for larger files and it will display a counter while uploading or downloading to let users know how long your transfer will take.

In related news, WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will make sharing website addresses on your status look better.  The messaging applications is testing ways to generate ‘rich previews’ for the Status. 

The feature has been spotted by WABetaInfo. This new feature has been spotted on the Android version of the app. However, it was already being tested on WhatsApp beta for iOS. Both WhatsApp Desktop beta 2.2218.1 and the Android beta are testing the new feature. This shows that WhatsApp may finally be ready to roll out this new feature for beta testing soon.