Facebook is testing out a few new options for Groups. These options embrace a brand new straightforward technique to entry customers’ favorite Facebook Groups, together with the introduction of chat, audio, and feed channels. Facebook group admins will now be capable of create channels within the teams which might be centered areas for individuals to attach in smaller, extra informal settings inside their communities. Another function will embrace Discord-style group audio channels, which can enable admins and group members to casually soar out and in of audio conversations in real-time.

Meta owned Facebook has announced that it’s testing a brand new sidebar that may assist customers discover their favorite teams extra shortly on the platform. The sidebar will record the teams and the most recent actions like new posts or chats which have been missed within the group. This function will even enable the customers to pin their favorite teams, uncover new teams, and even create their very own.

As per the announcement, Facebook group admins will be capable of create channels inside their teams, permitting them to work together in “smaller, more casual settings where they can have deeper discussions on common interests or organise their communities around topics in different formats.”

This function will even embrace the audio channels within the Facebook Groups. It will enable the admins and group members to casually soar out and in of audio conversations in real-time. This function is similar to the Discord voice chats.

In addition to the chat and audio channels, Facebook Groups will even embrace group feed channels for the group members to attach extra conveniently. Through this function, “admins can interact and post comments in their communities around topics within the group in their own time.”

As talked about above, Meta’s new options for the Facebook Groups are at present within the testing section. We can anticipate it to achieve all of the customers, most likely within the coming months.