Meta-backed social media platform WhatsApp on Thursday, October 29, announced four new features. The new features introduced by Meta aim at making group chats easier to manage, helping users catch up on important conversations, share updates, and keep track of messages they may have missed.

As per WhatsApp, the updates include permanent message pinning, the ability to share recent message history with members after they join a group, group-specific status updates, and a new filter for unread conversations involving mentions and replies.