WhatsApp already allows you to transform groups into channels

A recent WhatsApp update released just a few hours ago introduces a new option in the group settings that makes it easy to convert to channels, while only allowing you to send messages to the administrators of that group.

New options in WhatsApp groups

The most popular and used instant messaging application in the world, WhatsApp, has just released an update that, in practice, does not do if not transform group chats into one-way communication channels.

In the same way that in Telegram channels the user receives messages but cannot interact, now WhatsApp introduces a new option in the group settings that is very similar, although with some important difference.

In this sense, version 2.18.70 of WhatsApp for iPhone indicates that "group administrators can now choose that only administrators can send messages to the group ", in such a way that the rest of users would be mere recipients of such messages. According to Tim Hardwick of MacRumors, this "would help prevent important information from being lost in a large number of group members' messages."

To enable this feature, the administrators of a group must access the “Info. of the group ”, click on“ Group configuration ”and select the option that only allows administrators to send

And what is the difference then with respect to the existing channels on Telegram? The update notes themselves give us the answer: "Those who are not administrators will be able to continue reading the messages and respond privately by clicking on < > ”.