WhatsApp beta for Android now allows you to report spam or advertising
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On WhatsApp they work like little ants. And it is that, beyond the general updates that bring news to end users, the engineering team continues to work towards the future. At least that's what the new feature discovered in the beta version for Android phones makes us think. A trial version with a small audience in which to test new features and iron out details before taking it to the rest of the user. In this version, as we said, an option has been included to report users and groups for spam.
Report Spam on WhatsApp
At the moment it is a test function, which raises more questions than answers. Thanks to the investigations of account WABetaInfo, we are aware of this function. However, we do not know why it now appears on WhatsApp and how it really works. Let's explain ourselves.
From now on, and if you are a beta tester or beta tester user, you can report or denounce a contact or group for spam That is, for abusive. This will make you automatically block the contact or leave the group. But what is the use of reporting it? Is there an authority with the capacity to veto these users who are using WhatsApp abusively? At the moment there is no answer. And our tests have not shed light on this issue, since we have not been banned on WhatsApp after being reported. Of course, it's still a feature in development.
How to report contacts and chats
The only thing you have to do, beyond being a beta tester user, is to access the information of a chat. It doesn't matter if you are an individual or a group You only have to click on the name of the chat within it to access this section. At the bottom, after the details of the fellow members or the contact in question, the option Report for Spam appears.
When clicked, a window informs that the will be reported for spam and that the chat will be blocked. Without further explanation or information about the consequences.
WhatsApp for companies
All this makes us think that it is a step forward towards its mission of creating a more commercial WhatsApp. A tool in which brands and companies have direct contact with users.This feature would be a good way to keep those accounts at bay from abusive or continual messaging.
It could also be a mere control tool for those who use your WhatsApp account as a source to disseminate information or in an abusive way Of course, it will be necessary to know what the pen alty of the report is to know if this function is really useful. At the moment it is still in development.
