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Mark Zuckerberg announces biggest ever WhatsApp update as app becomes more like Facebook

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Mark Zuckerberg has just unveiled one of the biggest ever updates to WhatsApp, which will change the messaging app forever and make it more like a social network.WhatsApp Communities will make it possible for people to combine related group chats under one banner into private social networks.

For example, schools could combine all of their group chats into one community along with a parents' WhatsApp chat in order to deliver important announcements to everyone.

Or, in a work setting, a restaurant could organise three different WhatsApp group chats for various staff teams, all managed by one common admin.In a Facebook post announcing the news, Zuckerberg said: "With a focus on privacy, safety and security, we've added video chats, voice messages, stories, commerce, payments and more to WhatsApp and Messenger."With today's launch, we're taking this further and enabling people to not only communicate with close friends and contacts, but also with all of the different communities in your life." It will drastically expand the scope of WhatsApp chats by making it easier to manage large groups on a bigger scale.

An official post on the WhatsApp blog explaining the news said: "Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella with a structure that works for them.

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