WhatsApp's latest feature currently in development is a new in-app dialer. The feature was discovered in WhatsApp beta for Android v2.24.9.28 and it is not available to testers yet.
WhatsApp's Event feature currently in development has started rolling out to a limited pool of beta testers. The feature is available as part of WhatsApp beta for Android v2.24.9.20.
Downdetector recorded over 17,000 incidents of users reporting issues with the messaging platform. Meanwhile, in India, more than 30,000 users, in the United Kingdom over 67,000 users, and in Brazil 95,000 users reported problems with the platform - Newsx