WhatsApp continues to be updated on important news for users. There are two in particular that have been seen recently that seem to have gone under the radar.

WhatsApp continues to update with important news. Last year Communities were introducedwho brought surveys and some other news with them. With this feature, it was possible to reach a lot more people in a very short time, consolidating the position of queen of instant messaging that the Meta app enjoys. At the time we already explained what could and could not be done with them.

However, the arrival of Communities also meant opening our inbox and our phone number to chats and calls from people we hardly know, including spam messages and calls.

As collected in WABetaInfo soon a feature will reach users that will allow you to block spam calls in the appbut it is not the only important novelty that has been announced. A few days ago, through the same source it was made known that, in one of the last betas, there is a dual panel for tablets that will provide its interfaces with a appearance similar to WhatsApp for PC.

These are the last two great news of WhatsApp

Let’s go by parts. As for muting spam calls on WhatsApp, we know what this function will look like. As you can see in the image, there will be a control that will allow us to automatically silence any unknown caller who is part of the aforementioned Communities (or any other number that is not in our contacts).

Still, the silenced calls they will still appear as received in the corresponding list so that you can, at least, see which numbers have tried to contact you.

This feature is in development According to the source, but it seems that it is a viable solution for WhatsApp spam problems. What is not yet known is when Meta will see fit to make it available to all users. Presumably, it will first have to go through some public testing phase.

Regarding the dual panel for the tablet version, the function is in testing phase in WhatsApp betas. According to the source, you will still have to spend some time there until the feature is rolled out to all users. However, the dual panel in the versions for tablets is something that we have been able to see in Telegram for a long time. WhatsApp, in this sense, follow the queue of Pavel Durov’s app.

WhatsApp for tablets now appears in a Split screen between open chats and conversation windowsin the same way that Telegram does on tablets and in a very similar way to WhatsApp with its PC solutions. The introduction of this dual panel is quite a significant quality of life improvement for users and, in theory, it should appear as soon as you install the new beta from the Play Store.