WhatsApp starts global roll out of Communities feature, groups can now support 1024 users

WhatsApp’s Communities feature will start rolling out globally for all user. Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the announcement in a post. WhatsApp is also increasing the number of users in a group to 1024 and adding new updates to groups including in-chat polls and 32-person video calling. It should be noted that the 32-person video call limit was also announced back in September for call links where a group call could be started by creating a link.

“Today we’re launching Communities on WhatsApp. It makes groups better by enabling sub-groups, multiple threads, announcement channels, and more.