WhatsApp communities may soon support event creation

WhatsApp Communities will become more useful thanks to the ability to create events. The new feature will facilitate the management of events between members of different communities.

“Communities” is a feature designed to bring people together based on topics. It’s different from the Groups feature because you can even have multiple groups within each community. The idea is similar to that of Discord channels, but with fewer options. Strangely enough, WhatsApp also offers ‘Channels’, albeit with very different controls.

However, as of today, there is no option to create events in Communities. Considering the spirit of the feature, it would be quite useful to be able to do this. That said, it looks like this will change soon. As noted by WABetaInfoyou will be able to do that soon create and manage events in WhatsApp communities.

This is how the “Create Event” option for WhatsApp Communities will work

According to the report, the option to create events will be available through the file attachments menu in a community group chat. You can set different parameters for each event, such as name, date, description, location and even whether a voice or video call is required. Once created, members of the group chat can accept or decline the invitation. Those who accept will receive notifications and updates related to the event.

You can also edit the initially set event parameters. Those who accepted the invitation will receive notifications about these changes so they are up to date. As with messages, there is end-to-end encryption for events.

Currently, the option is available in the latest WhatsApp beta app (2.24.9.20). However, it appears that testing is limited, so you may not have this option available even if you are running that version. The source adds that the company is also working on creating events in normal groups. So it seems that this feature will become an important part of WhatsApp in the future.