What Are WhatsApp Polls and How Do You Use Them? All You Need to Know

Up to twelve response options can be offered to recipients for each poll, and these are not time-bound.

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Written by Karishma Sharma, Edited by Jamshed Avari | Updated: 26 November 2022 14:38 IST
Highlights
  • Your responses to polls will be protected by end-to-end encryption
  • Up to twelve options can be offered to recipients for each poll
  • Users can see the responses of others by tapping on 'View votes'
What Are WhatsApp Polls and How Do You Use Them? All You Need to Know

Whatsapp introduces polls feature

WhatsApp's new features and updates which have rolled out over the past few months have made the messaging experience much better. Now, WhatsApp users can even create polls in personal and group chats to see what their friends and contacts think. Both iOS and Android users can use this feature. A poll could help take the opinions of group members on any topic or idea, or could be useful for making plans quickly. Just like your chats, the responses you send to a poll question will be protected by end-to-end encryption. At the moment, Telegram and Facebook Messenger allow group polls. You can easily start using this new WhatsApp feature on your smartphone.

Here is How to Create a WhatsApp Poll

Step 1: Update WhatsApp to the latest version

Step 2: Open the private or group chat in which you want to create a poll

Step 3: For Android, tap on the paper clip icon at the bottom of the screen. For iOS, select the plus (+) icon at the bottom of the screen.

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Step 4: Select 'Poll'

Step 5: Type the question you want to ask, along with response options

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Step 6: Finally, tap on 'Send' to share the poll

Up to twelve response options can be offered to recipients for each poll, and these are not time-bound. Users can also see the responses selected by others by tapping on 'View votes'.

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The Meta-owned messaging app has recently worked on several updates, rolling out new tools including the Call Link feature, the ability to message yourself, and Companion Mode. While some of these new features are not available to all users at the moment, WhatsApp does plan to make them accessible to everyone in the coming days. The most recent and talked-about feature apart from WhatsApp polls is Communities. These allow users to have separate groups under one "Community” to organize large conversations.

“With Communities, we're aiming to raise the bar for how organizations communicate with a level of privacy and security not found anywhere else. The alternatives available today require trusting apps or software companies with a copy of their messages - and we think they deserve the higher level of security provided by end-to-end encryption,” stated WhatsApp in a blog post.

 

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