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Thursday December 05, 2024

WhatsApp rolling out redesigned interface for Communities tab

Meta platform plans to make interface cleaner, easier to understand for users

By Web Desk
November 15, 2024
A representational image depicting the WhatsApp logo. — Unsplash/File
A representational image depicting the WhatsApp logo. — Unsplash/File

Meta platform WhatsApp is releasing a redesigned interface for the Communities tab which will make it convenient for users to navigate through Communities and access the group chats within them.

The platform plans to make the interface cleaner and easier to understand for users with the help of this update as well as allowing them to quickly locate the Community or group chat they are looking for, reported WABetaInfo.

Thanks to a more compact layout that reduces the amount of space each section occupies on the screen, this update became possible.

As each section took up a large portion of the screen, users had to scroll through a lengthy list to find a specific Community or group chat earlier.

A display of the new Communities tab update. — WABetaInfo
A display of the new Communities tab update. — WABetaInfo

By displaying more Communities on a single page, the updated design minimises this and helps users reach their destination with fewer scrolls.

Moreover, by giving users a quick view of the latest activity in each Community, every section will still show recent group chats.

It is also worth noting that in order to make navigation even more convenient, the Meta app has introduced a dedicated button next to each Community name that allows users to view all the group chats linked to that Community in a single tap.

The new Communities tab update is available to some beta testers as of now and it is rolling out to even more people over the coming days.