WhatsApp is engaged on a brand new characteristic that would permit customers to create polls on group chats, based on a preferred WhatsApp characteristic tracker. The world’s most generally used messaging service is presently engaged on a number of options which might be but to be launched to beta testers, together with the flexibility to react to particular messages with emoji. Group polls are presently out there in different messaging companies comparable to Facebook Messenger, Telegram and Threema, and will ultimately make their option to an upcoming model of WhatsApp.

A brand new group polls characteristic was spotted in growth on the most recent beta model of WhatsApp for iOS by characteristic leaker WABetaInfo. The characteristic isn’t accessible to customers even on the most recent beta model of WhatsApp for iOS as it’s presently below growth. The characteristic tracker shared a screenshot that reveals the method of including a brand new ballot to a gaggle on WhatsApp for iOS, giving customers an thought of what the characteristic would possibly appear to be when it’s rolled out.

A screenshot of the characteristic asking a person to enter the “question” for a gaggle ballot
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo

According to the picture shared by WABetaInfo, upon selecting so as to add a brand new group ballot, WhatsApp will ask a person to enter the query for the ballot. As the characteristic remains to be below growth, it’s presently unclear whether or not WhatsApp will ask customers so as to add ballot choices at a later stage, whether or not group admins will be capable of edit the ballot choices, and whether or not the polls could have a time restrict, or what number of ballot choices could be added.

Like messages, attachments, and calls made on WhatsApp, the brand new group polls characteristic also needs to be protected by end-to-end encryption, based on the characteristic tracker. This ought to make sure that solely the group’s contributors are in a position to see the ballot and the outcomes. While the characteristic has been noticed on WhatsApp for iOS, it also needs to ultimately make its option to WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp Desktop.

As beforehand talked about, messaging companies comparable to Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and Threema presently provide the flexibility so as to add group polls, permitting customers to rapidly take selections in a gaggle. Group polls may assist declutter a gaggle chat and assist organise responses to questions — comparable to planning a workforce outing or selecting amongst totally different choices for an occasion venue. It is presently unclear when WhatsApp will ultimately roll the characteristic out to customers. The characteristic might endure adjustments throughout growth earlier than it’s launched for all customers.