WhatsApp is changing again: Here’s the latest news

In a continuous and ongoing attempt, which has achieved great success so far, to remain the most used messaging application in the world (more than 2 billion users), WhatsApp Keep on submitting Small and big news Which, by slightly modifying the application, makes the platform more convenient and enjoyable to use.

The latest of these innovations concerns i Channelsa function that WhatsApp users still use little, perhaps also because of the difficulty users have in finding what they are really interested in. To facilitate this process, WhatsApp has introduced Channel Categories inside research.

WhatsApp Channels: What’s Changing?

When used WhatsApp Open tab “UpdatesHe already found one in his app. Channel List And inside it: They are all who participated in it. At the bottom you will find the button “Explore channels“, which is used to display other popular channels, Divided by categories: Entertainment, Sports, News, Hobbies, etc.

Then there’s the classic magnifying glass icon at the top right, which allows you to: Find other channels Starting with the name (or part of the name). The new categories come into effect precisely in this section of the application: now, in fact, it is possible Filter search results From channels, select Show only:

• entertainment
• sports
• News and information
• Activities and Hobbies
• the people
• a job
• Organizations

Modernity is not easy, because in practice the categories in the channel search allow you to do so. Save a lot of time.

An example illustrates why: Let’s say a user is searching for a football team’s channel. Roma Club What are you looking for?Rome“Between the WhatsApp channels; the result will be a list containing everything from the football team to the municipal channel and the municipal companies channel.

In such cases I Filters by category Allows you to find them quickly and without wasting time The WhatsApp channel we are looking for.

Channel Search Categories: When they arrive on WhatsApp

New search filters by category in channels WhatsApp Meta announced it yesterday afternoon (Italian time), and They have already arrived. Also on Italian apps. Obviously one Server-side editingwhich was implemented without the need to update individual user applications.