WhatsApp is a very popular messaging platform across the world. It is also known as the most popular instant messaging app in India. The company has recently added many new features to the platform which have increased user convenience and privacy to a great extent. Now another new feature has come on WhatsApp whose name is WhatsApp Channel. Let us know what is WhatsApp channel, and who can use it, and how to use it. WhatsApp channels also means a channel in which the user can follow a celebrity or community or group. That means world’s famous personalities will be present here. Apart from this, many types of platform handles will also be available to the users like news, cinema, sports, entertainment, technology etc. This means that you will be able to follow the channel of your favorite topic and will keep getting new information related to it. Meta has launched this feature in more than 150 countries of the world. In which India is also included. Through a post on Facebook, the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that he is launching WhatsApp Channels globally, the rollout of which has started. Thousands of channels are being added to it which users can follow. How to join WhatsApp channels: To use WhatsApp channels, check that you have the latest version of the app. For WhatsApp channel, you will have to go to the option called Updates which will be the next column from Chats. After this the user has to click on the + icon. After that click on New Channel and then click on Get Started. Follow the instructions on the screen. Leaders like PM Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal have also recently joined the WhatsApp channel. NDTV is also available on WhatsApp channel where you can watch the latest news. It is being said that Meta has launched this new feature to compete with Telegram. On this, users can watch and join the most liked or latest channels. The company has also given the option to react through emoji.
