How to share a channel update

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Sharing updates through your channel is similar to how you might already use WhatsApp to send messages to your friends and family, but there are key differences.
Updates appear in a separate tab of the app, away from your personal chats and calls. Channel updates are a one-way broadcast rather than a conversation. Updates are always shared from your channel, and followers won't see your name or phone number.
Most importantly, channels aren't end-to-end encrypted.

Your updates are public

Anything you share is public and visible to:
  • All followers: Followers can see all channel updates, including updates shared 30 days before they began following your channel.
  • People who don't follow your channel: Anyone can see channel updates from the past 30 days.
  • WhatsApp: Channel updates are reviewed against the Channels Guidelines.
  • People on other channels: If your update was forwarded to another channel.
Create updates to keep your channel followers engaged by:
  • Keeping written updates short, concise, and focused on a specific topic.
  • Providing helpful information like tips and tricks, time-saving hacks, or the latest how-to's.
  • Sharing timely and up-to-date information.
You're responsible for keeping the content on your channel safe, relevant, and appropriate for your followers. Learn more in our Channels Guidelines.

To use WhatsApp Web to manage your channel, you'll have to first link the device you use for channels.

How to share updates

Share written notes to your followers

  1. From the Channels page, click your channel.
  2. Enter a written update. You can add:
    • Formatting: Add formatting like underline, bold, or strikethrough.
    • Emojis: Click
      emoji
      to open the emoji selection menu in WhatsApp.
    • Links: Enter a link to your update. The link appears with a preview of the content and an image, when available.
  3. When your update is ready, click
    send
    .
You can also forward messages from chats to your channel. Learn how to forward a channel update to your channel.

Share media

  1. Click
    add item
    to share images or video.
  2. Select:
    • Camera to take a picture or video with your computer's camera.
    • Photos & Videos to select an existing photo or video from your computer. You can select multiple images.
  3. You can also:
  4. Click
    send
    .
Note: Followers can save any media you share.

Share stickers

Click Stickers > Add to share a sticker to your channel. The sticker is shared to your channel immediately.
You can download more sticker packs or create your own stickers.

Share voice updates

  1. Click
    microphone
    and start speaking.
  2. Once finished, click
    share
    .
  3. While recording an audio update, you can:
    • Click X to cancel it.
    • Click
      pause
      to pause recording or preview a draft of your update. Click
      microphone
      to continue recording.
Note:
  • If the beginning of your audio update isn't recorded, you might need to wait a second before speaking.
  • You can't share PDFs in a channel.

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