WhatsApp Messenger takes over one of the most used functions on social networks around the world, so that anyone will be able to mention participants in group conversations in the main message screen, something that until now has not been offered by WhatsApp for users.
According to those who discovered this new feature, character input @ in the main message page of a group conversation it will generate a list of all the people existing in that group conversation, choosing one or the other entering a mention to it a message, but also generating a notification sent to that person.
If several users have the same person in their contact book with different names, then each one will see the mention with the name that he has listed in his contact book, those from WhatsApp making a very simple system that will enhance group conversations between users.
The new function a WhatsApp Messenger it is currently being tested in beta by the WhatsApp company, so it remains to be seen how long it will take until it is offered, a few weeks or even months may pass until that moment.
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- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) June 20, 2016
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- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) June 20, 2016
