WhatsApp has Groups feature, which enable a group of
people to share messages and discuss. In groups, all members of the
group can send and receive messages without any restriction. If you are
the admin of a WhatsApp group, you can only control who are in the
group; but you have no control over the messages sent by them – that
means, there is no message moderation in WhatsApp groups.
If you would like to send periodic informational messages to hundreds of your friends, it is a very difficult task to send to them through individual messages. How can we do that without creating a WhatsApp Group? The Broadcast Message feature of WhatsApp may be the best solution for you.
If you would like to send periodic informational messages to hundreds of your friends, it is a very difficult task to send to them through individual messages. How can we do that without creating a WhatsApp Group? The Broadcast Message feature of WhatsApp may be the best solution for you.
The Broadcast Message feature of WhatsApp lets you
send a message to several of your friends at once. In order to be able
to send a Broadcast Message to a specific contact, that person must have
your phone number saved in their address book
Broadcast Lists are saved lists of your friends that
you can repeatedly send Broadcast Messages to, without having to select
them each time. For example, you can have a Spiritual List, Jokes List
and Politics List and add your contacts in the lists according to their
interests. These allow you to preserve a saved list of contacts to whom
you send Broadcast Messages.
What is the difference between Broadcast Lists and Groups in WhatsApp?
Unlike Groups, the list of your friends in a Broadcast List is known
only to you; it does not reveal the recipients to one another. Broadcast
List is private to you, Group are open to all members of the group.
Groups allow two-way communication – which means all members can send
and receive messages. Broadcast Lists are for one-to-many communication.
It is for broadcasting your messages, just like the signals broadcasted
from a Television Station is received by many Televisions.
Broadcasting
is like bcc (blind carbon copy) on your email. Each recipient then has
the option to respond to you individually. For each recepient, it is
just like receiving a direct message from you and replying to it, that’s
all.
Unlike SMS or email, you can’t send a Broadcast Message to someone if
they don’t have your WhatsApp phone number in their contact list. For
sending to such people you need to send them a separate message.
It is also a good practice to ask permission from the person with a
direct message before adding them to your broadcast list. If they do not
have your WhatsApp phone number in their contact list, have them add it
to their phone contacts.
How to Create a WhatsApp Broadcast List in Android?
- Open WhatsApp.
- Go to the Chats screen > Menu Button.
- Tap New Broadcast.
- Tap + or type in contact names to choose recipients from your contact list.
- Tap Done.
- Tap Create.
This will create a new list of broadcast recipients. When you send a message to the Broadcast List, it will send to all recipients in the list. The recipients will receive the message as a normal message. When they reply, it will appear as a normal message in your Chats screen; their reply will not send to other recipients in the Broadcast List.
Only contacts who have added you to their phone contacts list will receive your Broadcast Message. If your contact is not getting your broadcasts, check to make sure they have added you to their contacts. Broadcast Messages are a one-to-many communication. If you want your recipients to participate in a group conversation, you should create a Group Chat instead.
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