{"id":56280,"date":"2020-07-29T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2680029"},"modified":"2020-07-29T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T17:45:00","slug":"whatsapp-could-finally-let-you-mute-those-pesky-group-chats-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-could-finally-let-you-mute-those-pesky-group-chats-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp could finally let you mute those pesky group chats forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WhatsApp-by-Facebook-stock-photo-9-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp by Facebook stock photo 9\" width=\"672\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"aa_tldr_text\">\n<ul>\n<li>It looks like WhatsApp is tweaking the mute option for notifications.<\/li>\n<li>The app could soon let you permanently mute groups and contacts.<\/li>\n<li>This looks set to replace the option to mute chats for a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest issues with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-use-whatsapp-1097088\/\">WhatsApp<\/a>&nbsp;is that it doesn&rsquo;t let you permanently mute a contact or group. Instead, the app only lets you mute them for eight hours, a week, or a year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, serial leaker&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-20-197-3-whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-20-197-3-whats-new\/\">WABetaInfo<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;has uncovered evidence that the WhatsApp team is working on the ability to permanently mute contacts and groups. The screenshot suggests that the &ldquo;always&rdquo; option will replace the &ldquo;one year&rdquo; option when muting notifications.&nbsp;Check out the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[1142304] noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1142306 noname aa-img lazyloaded\" title=\"WhatsApp always mute functionality WABetaInfo\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-734x675.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp always mute functionality WABetaInfo\" width=\"734\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-734x675.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-734x675.jpg 734w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-16x16.jpg 16w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-32x29.jpg 32w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-28x26.jpg 28w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-56x51.jpg 56w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-64x59.jpg 64w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-218x200.jpg 218w, https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-always-mute-functionality-WABetaInfo-675x621.jpg 675w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" data-attachment-id=\"1142306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"aa-img-source-credit\">\n<div class=\"aa-img-source-and-credit full\">\n<div class=\"aa-img-source text-right\">Credit:&nbsp;<a class=\"img-credit-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-20-197-3-whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-20-197-3-whats-new\/\">WABetaInfo<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post_content_intcont center\">\n<div id=\"custom_html-4\" class=\"widget_text widget clearfix\">\n<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This would be a welcome addition for WhatsApp users, at least in our book. I mute notifications from every group due to the sheer number of messages stemming from them, but the &ldquo;one year&rdquo; option felt like a band-aid rather than a permanent solution. After all, I have to mute those groups all over again in 365 days. The only other option right now is to simply leave those groups &mdash; not ideal for the likes of family chats and work groups.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no word on an exact timeline for this tweak to roll out to WhatsApp users at large, and the latest beta doesn&rsquo;t seem to offer it yet. But we&rsquo;ll update the article as soon as the change is pushed out to devices.<\/p>\n<p>This reported tweak also comes a few days after more evidence surfaced for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/whatsapp-multiple-device-1141533\/\">multiple device support<\/a>&nbsp;in the chat app. So here&rsquo;s hoping we see both features coming soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-video-chat-apps-for-android-756190\/\">10 best video chat apps for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-use-whatsapp-1097088\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-use-whatsapp-1097088\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Hadlee Simons<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Hadlee Simons<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">It looks like WhatsApp is tweaking the mute option for notifications. The app could soon let you permanently mute groups and contacts. This looks set to replace the option to mute chats for a year. &nbsp; One of the biggest issues with&nbsp;WhatsApp&nbsp;is that it doesn&rsquo;t let you permanently mute a contact or group. Instead, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-could-finally-let-you-mute-those-pesky-group-chats-forever\/\">Continue reading <span>WhatsApp could finally let you mute those pesky group chats forever<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-could-finally-let-you-mute-those-pesky-group-chats-forever\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WhatsApp could finally let you mute those pesky group chats forever - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-could-finally-let-you-mute-those-pesky-group-chats-forever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WhatsApp could finally let you mute those pesky group chats forever - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It looks like WhatsApp is tweaking the mute option for notifications. 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