The most widely used messaging app in the world, WhatsApp, continues to improve many of its features. One of the latest additions, which is already present in both the Beta and stable versions, is the one that allows you to mute the microphone of a specific user within any group call .
If you usually make these types of calls, which now allow up to 32 participants, and you always run into the situation that someone does not let the others speak , you will no longer have to ask them “kindly” to mute their microphone.
With this new feature, active worldwide, you will have the ability to mute that person’s microphone without their consent. Of course, the only person who will not listen to it will be you , because the other participants will be able to continue listening to it.
How to mute someone in a WhatsApp group call?
It is worth clarifying that in order to access this function, it is necessary to have the latest version of WhatsApp . If you haven’t updated it for a long time, we recommend you follow the guide in which we explain how to update applications manually on Android.
Returning to the topic, to silence someone in particular within a WhatsApp group call, you must follow these steps:
- Within a group call, you must press and hold on the name of the person you want to silence.
- A new menu will be displayed. Within it, you will see two options: “Send message” and “Mute the microphone” .
- By clicking on the second option , you can mute that person’s microphone.
As we informed you above, you do not need to be a group administrator to be able to silence someone in a WhatsApp group call. On the other hand, we do not know if this function will be modified in the future so that administrators can mute someone in particular so that no one can hear them.
With nothing more to add, this feature is also expected to come to WhatsApp Web at some point (possibly in the course of the months).
