Introducing WhatsApp Channels

Introducing your new favorite way to stay in the loop ➰

Channels on WhatsApp lets you privately follow the topics you care about.

Available now in Colombia 🇨🇴 and Singapore 🇸🇬 Coming soon 🌎

Channels are a simple and private way to get updates from people and organizations you care about on WhatsApp. Channels sit within your Updates tab, separate from chats with family and friends. Think of Channels like a one-way broadcast for admins to send text, photos, videos, and more.
Channels can be about almost anything — your hobbies, sports teams, and even updates from local officials. You can discover and follow your favorite Channels all without leaving WhatsApp.

We stay committed to protecting your privacy. Here’s a quick overview of our privacy practices for Channels:
1️⃣ Followers and admins can’t discover your phone number from a channel.
2️⃣ Your contacts can't see when you follow a channel, unless they are the channel admin.
3️⃣ Channels are optional and kept in a separate tab from your chats.

Stay connected with WhatsApp:

#WhatsApp #Channels #WhatsAppChannels

[muneebnoor]

Great. Now how do we disable it? I don't want any social influence in my private messaging app. Please allow users to disable it.

[NehaSharma-]

Those who wants to remain with old version of whatsapp please give them that setting. Don't force people to live up with new experiment.

[daydreamers]

I use watsapp for very personal use, I don't want all social media trash in my watsapp. I don't want to see it.
This is the most regressive feature.

[mb_dar]

The best update WhatsApp can get now is to add a disable button for channels.

[Haarspreh]

I don't need any social Media features within a messaging app. Remove this asap

[cstati]

How to remove channels popping in status so fricking annoying, i have no interest in any one of these channels,
We want clean what's app where we interact with the only people we want.

[noonesishome]

How do I turn channels off?!
I despise this new feature
I don't have any interest in following celebs on an app I use toe private message my close family. We don't do social media..this is forcing us to engage at this point.

[Freedom_Picks]

We need our old whatsapp back
Trash update

[lordwilow]

Is there a way to hide the tab? I don't care about them and is just an useless update for me. More things to hate WhatsApp.

[nspect]

I hate this feature, how do I remove it.

[BlessingJohnAseweje]

90% of users seem to hate this feature. WhatsApp take note..

[Drakorum]

This is a STUPID and UNWANTED feature, how can I remove completely? or is it time to stop using whatsapp completely

[kitts]

This is the exact reason why WhatsApp founders, Brian Acton and Jan Koum left Facebook after selling WhatsApp... They deeply regretted selling it... Why? Because their focus had always been on user privacy, but Facebook had other plans so that they can push marketing and advertising... Don't believe me? I introduce to you, WhatsApp Channels. WhatsApp, I miss Brian Acton and Jan Koum!

[yodayaddle]

Channels is the stupidest thing. They just want you glued to your phone 24/7. Whatsapp is a message platform, not a social platform.

[WildWildWeasel]

We didn't ask for it. We don't want it.

[oryanol]

If status become horizontal scrolling, people will be less likely to check status. This channels thing needs to have a separate tab, not to be mixed with status.

[jakesmith]

Worlds dumbest idea. I don't go on whatapp to see people I don't even know

[topglobal]

Thank you for makes us move to Telegram 😂

[charan_cherry]

Grow up Mark, do your business somewhere
Leave WhatsApp alone 😢

[akhileshk]

And it's time for whatsapp to get spoiled