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New WhatsApp update enables iOS users reply to a group message privately

The 'Private Reply' feature, as the name suggests, allows a user to respond to a particular user's message in a group privately without letting other members of the group know.

January 16, 2019 / 14:00 IST
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The world's most popular messaging app, WhatsApp has quietly released three new features in its latest update for iOS. The update with version 2.19.11 will allow users to reply to a group message privately in a personal message, add stickers while editing a photo and use 3D touch to preview a contact’s status.

The new feature is apart from the other most-anticipated features that WhatsApp is expected to launch in 2019.

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The first of the three features is replying to a group message privately. This feature, as per a report by WABetainfo will allow a user to respond to a message privately without other members getting to know about it.

For replying a user privately, one has to long-press on that particular user’s message. This will reveal a drop-down list. In the list, one has to tap ‘More’ and select ‘Reply Privately’.