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WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature for its mobile app that allows users to find important conversations quickly. The latest functionality lets users pin multiple messages in a chat. It is an enhanced version of the same feature introduced in December last year. However, at that time, users were allowed to pin only a single chat. The new WhatsApp chat feature is available for both Android and iOS platforms.
WhatsApp users can now pin as many as three messages per chat
Now, WhatsApp allows users to pin up to three messages in a chat to access them easily. Apart from the individual chats, the pinning multiple chats feature is also available in the group conversations. Users can pin all kinds of messages including text, photos, voice notes, and polls. The latest feature is being rolled out gradually, so not everyone will receive it right away.
These chats can be pinned as a banner on top of a conversation from 24 hours to as many as 30 days. The most recently pinned chat appears as the first banner in an individual or a group conversation. The users can touch the banner to see the next pinned message. It’s worth adding that admins can choose whether all members or only admins can access this functionality in group chats.
Here’s how to pin a message in WhatsApp chat
It’s fairly easy to pin a message in the WhatsApp individual or group chats. On Android, users can tap and hold the message they want to pin. Then, they can select the Pin option by tapping the three vertical dots in the top right corner. After selecting the option, all you have to do is choose the pin duration and press the Pin button.
The iPhone users can tap and hold the message that they want to pin and select More options from the contextual menu. It’s worth mentioning that currently there’s no way to keep a message pinned forever.
More WhatsApp features are rolling out soon
WhatsApp has been gradually enhancing the user experience on its platform by introducing new features from time to time. Just last month, the Meta-owned company added the ability for four new text formatting options to improve the chat experience. In a soon future update, it could let users share longer videos on Status.
Also, there are reports that the WhatsApp transcription feature is heading to Android soon. It has already been available on iOS since May last year.