This latest update is currently being rolled out on Windows Phone, Android and iOS devices.
Currently, the group description feature is only available for Windows Phone and Android beta testers for group owners.
HOW THE WHATSAPP DESCRIPTION FEATURE WORKS
The feature started rolling out yesterday and it allows Group owners to add a description stating what the group is all about.
The description can be seen by all the members of the group at the top of the group info section.
Additionally, when sharing a group link to some people to join, the description will also be shown to them in form of an excerpt.
This is very useful because you will now be able to know what a group is all about before joining.
Also you don't need to ask participants or group owners or admins again what the group is all about. With the description, you should be well guided and informed about it.
When a new participant joins the group using a group invite link (or an admin adds him), the new participant will see a pinned box, where it will be visible the description of the group.
However, the pinned description will vanish automatically once the user leaves the chat and it won’t display again in subsequent entrance.
Unfortunately, because the Admin Super Power feature is yet to be available on WhatsApp, any member of the group can edit the group description for now.
But when the Super Power comes, the group administrator will be able to restrict this feature, preventing anybody apart from the admins to modify the group description.
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