Meta-owned WhatsApp is rolling out new features to enhance user experience on Android. The "Channel Alerts" feature aims to provide channel administrators with real-time insight, transparency about channel suspensions and the ability to restore channels by request to WhatsApp. This feature brings added visibility and control to channel owners, allowing them to address any violations immediately.

Additionally, WhatsApp is improving the user interface with two additional features. First, an update that automatically hides navigation labels and the top app bar when scrolling down, creating a cleaner and more intuitive user experience. Second, a feature enables users to search messages by date, increasing efficiency in navigating through chat history and retrieving specific messages from a specific date.

In a move towards heightened privacy, WhatsApp introduced hidden voice messages. Similar to the "view once" option for photos and videos introduced in 2021, this feature allows users to send voice messages that can be heard once before automatically disappearing. These updates reflect WhatsApp's commitment to expanding features, improving the user interface, and introducing privacy-enhancing options. Users can enjoy a more streamlined and secure messaging experience with these latest enhancements.

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