It was a week full of news for WhatsApp Betathe version of the popular messaging app dedicated to the beta testers that anticipates (and allows us to discover in the event of works in progress) the features that will arrive in the future on WhatsApp.

After the improved layout for the gif selector, the conversation ideas with a destination to the ongoing works to make the calls more personal and lively, the latest beta version of the app gives the beta tester another little news.

WhatsApp Beta: in Rollout a small news linked to groups

WhatsApp Beta for Android has recently been updated to version 2.25.20.17making a small news available for all Beta Tester: the number of people who are writing simultaneously in a group.

As you can observe from the following image, in the chat screen, in the groups it will be indicated not only when a single user is writing but, in the event that they are writing more users simultaneously, the number of users who is writing is indicated (“Alessandro is writing” when he writes only one person and “2 people are writing …” if they are written in two and so on).

In this way, the development team aims to make it clearer at a glance How many users are interacting in real time within a group, even without the need to enter inside (it can come in very useful in case of very crowded groups).

The number of people who are writing in a group It is already available for the beta testers who perform the version 2.25.20.17 by WhatsApp Beta but you may also have received the novelty with the previous version 2.25.20.13 (as in our case). This novelty seems ready to release the stable channel and this could already take place with the next update of the popular messaging app.

How to download/update WhatsApp or preview the news

To download WhatsApp On an Android device or update the app to the latest version available, 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).