Talking about the popularity and success of WhatsApp in 2024 is unnecessary to say the least. However, what is not unnecessary is talking about the new features that the messaging service from Meta keeps adding over time. In this case, it seems that the company wants us to get in touch with users we have never talked to before, or with those we haven’t spoken to in person for a long time, and to achieve this, they are implementing a new and interesting feature.
As discovered by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is implementing a new feature called “Suggested Contacts”, which is a new list of users that the application will suggest for us to chat with, and that will appear in the chats section of the app itself. In this sense, Meta wants us to interact with even more people, in addition to those we regularly talk to. This addition is already available in the beta version of WhatsApp, thanks to the new update of version 2.24.9.5.
WhatsApp wants us to talk to contacts we’ve never chatted with before
However, although this new feature aims to connect people who have never chatted with each other from WhatsApp, it will not be intrusive at all and will not interrupt the chats we have active. That is, this addition only seeks to be a simple way for us to contact other users with whom we have never exchanged messages, as we have already said. Likewise, it should be noted that this new feature will suggest talking to contacts we have in our contact list, as expected.
The mentioned portal, which has shared this information, indicates that this new feature will be available for all users of the app, whether they are new or not. For new users, this will be a very simple and direct way to start a new chat with any contact from their list. However, for now there is no exact date for when this new feature can be enjoyed by all users of the Meta app.
As we mentioned before, this “Suggested Contacts” feature of WhatsApp is currently only available in the beta version of the Android service, so only a few people will be able to enjoy it. However, you can always download that version and try out the mentioned novelty and many others that are being added to WhatsApp.
