WhatsApp Introduces Tool To Control Who Can Invite People To Groups

Popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a feature to control who can add members to communities. With this feature, the Meta-owned app aimed to give community administrators more control over their communities by offering new features to manage access rights.

“Thanks to the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.18.20 update available on the Google Play Store, WhatsApp now introduces an additional option for community admins,” WABetaInfo reported.

According to a screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, a new community setting is available and will allow community admins to decide who can add members to the community. The default setting limits this functionality to community administrators and provides them with the exclusive ability to add members directly.

However, in certain situations, community administrators may want to offer everyone the same opportunity to add members directly. In such cases, they can select the ‘all’ option, the report said.

According to the report, this feature is a significant improvement for community administrators, giving them more flexibility and control over groups and other community members.

“It’s an extra layer of control that allows community admins to choose who can add members directly. It’s very important to note that anyone can still add members to a community if they have a valid community invite link created by a community admin,” WABetaInfo said.

This means that the new option only allows community admins to control who can manually add new members to the community, even without a community invite link.

The ability to control who can add members to community groups is currently available to select beta testers who install the latest WhatsApp beta updates for Android via the Google Play Store. According to the report, it will come to even more people in the coming days.