--- title: "WhatsApp discusses the distinction between communities and groups." description: "On Twitter, WhatsApp posted a video describing the distinction between Communities and Groups." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-11-11 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2322/whatsapp-discusses-the-distinction-between-communities-and-groups category: "whatsapp" tags: ["whatsapp", "technology", "technology news", "whatsapp new feature"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # WhatsApp discusses the distinction between communities and groups. ``` Users can connect with family and friends by having everyone join a single conversation in a WhatsApp group. In essence, the Community function is a WhatsApp group's extension. With the aid of WhatsApp Communities, you can connect with schools, neighbourhoods, camps, and more. You can also keep everyone updated with the announcement group. ``` **WhatsApp**, which is owned by Meta, just debuted its new Community feature, which lets users create [communities](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80890/coronavirus-pandemic-the-faith-communities-angle) out of up to 20 [WhatsApp groups](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36798/can-anyone-provide-the-links-to-whatsapp-groups-for-salesforce-jobs). The Verge claims that Communities are built to host numerous connected groups within larger groupings of individuals, like a neighbourhood or a workplace. But immediately after the new feature's release, users began to compare it to groups and questioned if it was necessary. **WhatsApp** shared a video on Twitter on Thursday with the caption, 'The [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157114/good-news-or-bad-news-and-the-difference-is) between Communities and Groups, explained,' in response to the queries. Communities helps to bring all connected groups together, connect with schools, neighbourhoods, camps, and more, and keeps everyone in the loop with the announcement group, whereas **WhatsApp groups** allows users to have everyone join a single [discussion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44930/what-is-the-procedure-for-half-an-hour-discussion) and aids in connecting with family and friends. It is [comparable](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2521/what-is-the-difference-between-comparable-and-comparator) to Slack or Discord with a WhatsApp twist (such as end-to-end encrypted conversations), and administrators can update the entire community through an announcements channel. **Communities are now being made available to everyone after the firm conducted its initial testing in April.** A handful of the new features that Meta is introducing could improve [communication](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126321/5-fails-and-fixes-of-the-office-communication) on a daily basis. The use of the new in-chat polls could be advantageous for selecting a time for a meeting or a movie to watch. New in-chat polls might be helpful for deciding when to meet or watch a movie. A large [video call](https://www.mindstick.com/news/346/video-call-at-your-ease) in your new Community might benefit from the fact that [video calls](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94532/how-do-you-know-if-a-person-is-chatting-while-on-video-calls-on-whatsapp) can now have up to 32 participants. Additionally, if you just want to establish a large group, WhatsApp is expanding the maximum group size from **512 to 1024 members.** Communities helps to bring all related groups together, connect with schools, neighbourhoods, camps, and more, and keeps everyone in the loop with the announcement group. In contrast to WhatsApp, which enables users to have everyone join a single conversation and facilitates connecting with family and friends, Communities helps to connect with all related groups in one place. Administrators can update the entire community using an announcements channel, which is similar to **Slack or Discord but with a WhatsApp twist** (including end-to-end encrypted conversations) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2322/whatsapp-discusses-the-distinction-between-communities-and-groups Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.