WhatsApp unveils Communities feature, raises group limit to 1,024 participants

A new feature is rolling out to WhatsApp users – Communities. This is a way to organize multiple group chats so that the discussion in individual groups remains focused on a particular thing but participants can easily switch between topics.

You can, for example, create a Community for your neighborhood, then divide discussion into individual groups – one for group activities, one for organizing chores and so on. Each Community also has an Announcement group where moderators can share major news.

Also starting today, WhatsApp is rolling out changes that will make Communities (but…