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Published 18:48 27 Aug 2015 BST
The update to the notifications is even more significant for users as they will be able to change the notification sound for different WhatsApp groups and people.
That means you won't be checking your phone constantly when it's only a generic group message to a group you can't even remember joining. You can also mark messages as read and unread much like your email.
The 'low data' feature will be especially helpful when making calls off your mobile data rather than Wi-Fi and should help you spare the amount of data you use.
Hat-tip to Mashable.