Let’s go back to talking about WhatsAppwhich continues to be an open construction site with the development team that constantly works in improvements, new functions and corrections with the ultimate goal of offering users a complete and mature experience. As always, the beta version of the app does not practically stop updating with functionality that will be implemented in the future in the stable version intended for everyone.
In recent weeks WhatsApp has welcomed some interesting news including a function to make state updates even more interactive, the “official roles” in WhatsApp groups, the development of a “log out” button and an option to better distinguish chats with Half TO THE.
Today’s novelty indirectly concerns the channels and the arrival of an option to enable, or not, the notifications of suggestion of recommended channels.
WhatsApp introduces a system of notifications to recommend channels to follow
The version in question is the 2.25.17.43 by WhatsApp Beta for Android, always distributed through the Google Play Beta Program, which, as mentioned, is preparing to welcome a function until a few days ago in development or the receipt of notifications of suggestion of thematic channels that we could be interested.
The function will be located in the section dedicated to notifications within the general application settings and, as you can see from the screen (via Wabetainfo), it will allow you to enable the suggestion notifications of new channels to follow.
How will they work in the practical act? According to what is indicated by the development team, the suggestions will take into account the individual activity of the user based on some parameters that will allow to refine the advice on the person in question.
These are first of all the degree of user involvement with the feature channelsin poor words as much as the channels use, many follows and if it interacts or not with them on a daily basis.
Later the other factor to take into account will be the Theme category of the channels followed In order to recommend channels that deal with similar topics and that are as similar as possible to the tastes of the user in question.
As you can imagine, this approach will increase the chances that the user finds the content suggested engaging and in line with their preferences by bringing it, WhatsApp hopes, to follow multiple channels.
It is worth pointing out that this system of suggestions is not new for the service; Currently, WhatsApp has a system of recommendation for channels that helps users to discover personalized content based on their interests directly from the updates tab.
The next step, and the real novelty, is the introduction of a dedicated notification system.
This, in fact, will take care of actively notifying users of the most relevant recommended channels, making it easier for them to find and follow these suggestions.
From a software point of view, when WhatsApp identifies a channel that could be of interest, send a notification to the user directly to inform him; This notification allows the user to view and follow the channel suggested immediately.
However, it will be interesting to understand the content of these notifications and the frequency with which the app will decide to send them; Moreover, it will be necessary to understand with what criterion the service will decide to identify a user as particularly active in the channels or not; And how the notification system will interpret these behaviors by deciding, also on the basis of this parameter, the frequency of suggestions.
It is important to underline that This function is completely optionalas we have noticed users can manage the option to receive notifications for the recommended channels directly in the appropriate section of the app settings at any time.
As anticipated, the recommended channels notification system is currently being distributed on the Beta channel of WhatsApp with the arrival on the stable branch scheduled for the next few weeks.
How to download/update the app or preview the news with WhatsApp Beta
To download WhatsApp For Android or update the app at the latest available version, it will be sufficient to reach the app on the Google Play Store (via the Badge below) and make a tap on “Install” or “Update”.
Instead, in the event that you are eager to try the preview news that will arrive on the app in the future, you can contact the Beta App program (the page dedicated to the program can be reached via this link) and download WhatsApp Beta For Android.
In the event that the Beta program was temporarily fully, you can still proceed with the manual installation of the related apk files, downloadable from the portal Apk mirror (whose dedicated page can be reached by clicking on this link).
