WhatsApp is introducing a new 'vacation mode' to help you switch off on holiday - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life WhatsApp is introducing a new ‘ vacation mode’ to help you switch off on holiday By You Magazine - November 13, 2018 Last year, it was revealed that 4 in 10 Britons check their work emails and work calls during their break, and it’s no secret that WhatsApp can be just as addictive. But sometimes keeping up with all of your group chats and responding to every message can be exhausting, especially when you’re on holiday. Getty Images That’s why the popular messaging app, owned by social media giant Facebook, is reportedly introducing a new feature that will help users unwind. ‘Vacation mode’ will allow all users to mute all activities on the app including group chats and individual chats so that no notifications will appear on your phone, nor in your lock screen or in the app itself whilst the function is turned on. At the moment, WhatsApp users can mute their chats for a selected amount of time. However, all of your notifications still appear when the app is opened. With the launch of the new vacation mode, this will completely change as it will ensure that all messages are automatically archived, meaning they won’t appear anywhere on your phone while the mode is active. Clever, right? Alamy Stock Photos To enable the new feature, WhatsApp users will need to mute a group chat and then archive it. Once that’s done, the vacation mode feature will be available to select and you will no longer be disrupted by messages. No date has been confirmed for the launch of the new feature but it is expected to be a apart of the app’s next update. WhatsApp will also be introducing ads within its status feature, according to The Independent. In fact, WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels told The Economic Times that the sliding ads in between updates from contacts within the app’s status section will be the ‘primary monetisation mode for the company.’ WhatsApp usually update their app every few weeks, so we won’t have to wait long to test this one out. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved