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WhatsApp to bring photo poll feature and more pretty soon

WhatsApp is gearing up to add two new features for the users including Photo Polls that will make the platform more user-friendly and interactive.

Published By: Nishit Raghuwanshi | Published: Jan 11, 2025, 02:37 PM (IST)

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It is 2025 and WhatsApp is already up to introduce a set of new features that will make the platform more interactive. The features have not been announced officially until now. But, the reports shared by WABetaInfo have confirmed that we will soon get to see a new future with which the platform will let the users to add photos to poll options. Furthermore, it is also being said that the channel owners will be able to assign a photo to each poll option. news Also Read: WhatsApp’s New iPhone Update Brings A Liquid Glass Design, But Also A Strange Mute Bug

Now, this will provide voters of the group a visual representation for every choice. And yes, if the admin adds photo to one choice then they have to add it to all the options to make sure that uniformity is not missing. The feature will be available only for channels owners in the beginning. Nonetheless, the platform could soon expand the feature to group chats and even individual conversations. news Also Read: Now Apply For Delhi Govt Documents In WhatsApp Chat, No Office Visit Needed

WhatsApp new features to debut pretty soon

Apart from that photo poll feature, the Meta-owned platform is also planning to let WhatsApp users create events in individual chats. Moreover, these private chat events will work similarly to the events created in group chats. All the users will be supposed to give their date, event name, and an optional description as well. After the creation of the event, the recipient can choose to accept or decline the invitation as well. news Also Read: WhatsApp For iOS Gets A Fresh Liquid Glass Makeover Inspired By iOS 26

Now, the main thing to mention here is that both features are only available for the beta users of the application. Expectations are that the same will be available for the stable version of the application pretty soon, most probably by the first quarter of 2025. If you want to see how the features work then you can get the beta version of the application. However, it is suggested to all the users not to install the beta version from any third-party platform.