Overview
- WhatsApp began rolling the Contacts tab to some Android beta users on Monday, replacing the Communities icon in the bottom navigation for affected accounts.
- The new tab shows a Favorites section and a full contact list with sorting options by name, birthday or activity and it marks online contacts with a green dot.
- A floating action button in the tab opens a contact-creation screen that can save names, usernames and phone numbers and optionally sync phone-number contacts to the device address book.
- The Contacts tab includes a shortcut to Meta AI and invite tools for sharing WhatsApp links or inviting Instagram followers, and WhatsApp is A/B testing multiple bottom-bar layouts across accounts.
- WhatsApp moved Communities out of the primary bar after adding a chat-list filter to surface communities, and the staged beta rollout via Google Play means availability will vary with no stable-release date announced.