Tech News Wrap: WhatsApp bringing new features for group chats..and more

WhatsApp announced Communities to streamline group messages

 WhatsApp has been helping people to connect and communicate across the world. The biggest advantage is the app’s encrypted group communication where users are free to connect and coordinate with a large group of people across many big and small companies. Now, WhatsApp has announced a way where this group’s communications can become smooth and streamlined. WhatsApp is bringing community features to its platform falling in-between robust group chat or a company-wide slack. Users will be able to send messages to the common big group with an option to create smaller subgroups within. Like, the community for any MNC might have distinct subgroups for event organizing, marketing, content management, and others.

Xiaomi Pad 5 launch date in India is set for April 27, 2022

Xiaomi has set the dates to launch its latest Pad 5 in India. The Chinese tech giant will unveil its feature-loaded improved Pad 5 on April 27, 2022. The latest version is speculated to own the same performance as the one launched back in August 2021 in China, falling under the same price segment as well. The company teased the same tablet at the starting of April. It was all a publicity stunt to confuse people just to celebrate April fools day. However, it’s the real thing coming this time! Talking more about the price specs, the customers can expect the table priced between Rs 23,000 to Rs 25,000.

Telegram to roll out latest adds support for custom notifications and more

With WhatsApp and Instagram bringing more up-to-date features to improve user experience, Telegram couldn’t let it slip from its hands. In early March, the users witnessed some amazing third-party streaming apps along with new download managers from Telegram. Now it has more to offer! With its latest update (version 8.7.0), the popular messaging app is soon to roll out a set of new custom features. It includes mute duration with custom notification sounds, bot improvements, and many more.

The custom notification sound will let the users use any short audio clip from any chat to use as a notification alert. The custom notification duration will let the users mute any conversation for a specific duration, like an hour, a day, or even a week. The auto-delete also comes in handy as it’s going to let the users delete any chat in a particular span of time by setting an auto-delete timer.

Images for the upcoming iPhone 14 surfaced online

The upcoming Apple event for the first looks of the iPhone 14 is still on the way. However, the leaks and renders have already said something. As per MacRumors, some photos of the alleged iPhone 14 molds have surfaced on a Weibo account (Chinese microblogging website). Now, the very first noticeable difference is the size of the upcoming models. The upcoming iPhone might eliminate the 5.4-inches size from the upcoming series as the iPhone 14 mini is also missing in the pictures.

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