Recent reports have revealed, WhatsApp is working on launching a host of new features soon, which may include the option to switch to Vacation Mode. The new feature will indefinitely hide muted chats for users who want time away from specific groups, without resorting to ignoring or deleting the app completely.WhatsApp leak site WABetaInfo claims the feature will be aptly called Vacation Mode, which will allow users to stop archived chats from reappearing if they are muted.As of now, archived chat(s) keep reappearing whenever a new message is received; this happens even for muted chats.This feature will have an on/off option in settings. When the users are ready to see the muted archived chats, they will reappear once Vacation Mode is turned off.WABetaInfo says the feature is under development and is based on a new feature just rolled out for Android WhatsApp users called Silent Mode.Silent Mode works with the Android feature called App Badge, that shows a number on an app's icon indicating the number of new notifications received – for example for Facebook, Twitter, and mobile games. So, this mode will be an upgrade to the mute function.The third feature that WhatsApp is likely to be working on is an option to link WhatsApp accounts to external services like Instagram."The feature appears mainly developed for WhatsApp Business, but some references were found in the normal WhatsApp app too. It's not available yet for both apps," says WABetaInfo.It adds that the purpose of the linking is unknown, but theorises that the feature will help users to recover their password or automatically share status updates in Instagram.

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