WhatsApp is lifting a frustrating group-chat limitation I’ve hated for years — giving it the upper hand over iMessage and Telegram

• WhatsApp is rolling out a group-chat feature called Group Message History
• It gives new group members an easier way to catch up on conversations
• Existing group members can choose to share between 25-100 previously-sent messages with new members

WhatsApp is my go-to for group chats despite me being an iPhone user with iMessage at my fingertips, but I do have my issues with the platform, and one of them is that when a new member is added to a chat they can't see previous messages — but that's about to change.

In a blog post, WhatsApp announced the launch of Group Message History, a function that gives new group members an easy way to catch up on previously sent messages. WhatsApp says it has "started rolling out Group Message History gradually".

The post says: “One of our most requested features, it’s another example ...