WhatsApp Reportedly Working on Slack-Like Threaded Replies for Group Chats

If you use Slack for business or work, you're likely familiar with how helpful its threaded replies can be. It allows detailed discussion of a specific topic without cluttering a whole chat that everyone sees. 

According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is currently developing a similar feature for its group chats. The feature will organize message replies in a structured thread, and also indicate how many replies have been added. Tapping the indicator will take users to a new window, where they can read previous replies and also post their own.

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When you see too many messages in a chat group, you may be tempted to skip the whole conversation. With an organized structure, however, this feature may help you open up the threads you are interested in.

WABetaInfo first spotted the feature in a WhatsApp beta for Android in March, before spotting the same in an iOS app beta this week. Earlier, the outlet had accurately reported on AI chat summaries ahead of their official launch.

Meta has been consistently adding features to WhatsApp. In addition to AI summaries, it recently added the function to block people from exporting chats and introduced ads and paid channel subscriptions.

While the company builds threaded replies for WhatsApp, it's not alone. Microsoft just released the feature in public preview for its Teams messaging app. Users can now test the feature on desktop, mobile, iOS, and Android.

On Teams, you also get the ability to "follow" threads, and all conversations from threads you follow will appear in one window. This will allow you to view and respond without skipping between channels. 

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