WhatsApp’s seeking to add extra transparency to its group invitations, by including extra context as to who’s added you to a gaggle, and what the group is about, earlier than you be a part of.

As you’ll be able to see on this instance, WhatsApp’s new group context playing cards will embody a word on who added you to a gaggle, whereas they’ll additionally show who created the group, when the group was created, and the group description (if obtainable).

That’ll present make it simpler to keep away from spammy teams, or people who you’re being added to by strangers to be able to push their very own agendas, no matter they might be.

The replace comes as a part of WhatsApp’s newest group security replace, which additionally consists of new reporting choices to assist maintain you protected.

WhatsApp has seen an increase in group exercise, and general utilization normally, as customers drift away from public posting, and extra in direction of extra personal group engagement. And with WhatsApp providing full message encryption, that additional safety clearly holds important enchantment, with an increasing number of Western customers particularly now signing as much as the app.

On the identical time, group chats have change into a extra important vector for spam on account of that elevated curiosity, and these new measures will present further transparency to assist keep away from scams.

WhatsApp says that its new group context notes are being rolled out to all customers over the subsequent few weeks.