The Mail launches its WhatsApp Channel: How to sign up and receive the latest news directly to the app

The Mail has launched a new WhatsApp Channel, providing you with the latest news directly to your app. 

WhatsApp Channels let you privately follow people, organisations, sports teams, artists and more who you want to get updates from. 

Unlike personal chats, you can’t respond to messages. However, you can react with emojis and see which posts are driving the most reactions. 

What’s more, who you choose to follow is private, and will not be visible to other followers. 

Here’s everything you need to know about WhatsApp Channels – including how to join The Mail’s Channel.  

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The Mail has launched a new WhatsApp Channel today, providing you with the latest news directly to your app. Once you’ve joined The Mail’s channel, make sure you tap the bell icon at the top of the screen to receive notifications

You can search for The Mail’s Channel by tapping the Updates tab > Plus+ > Find channels, and searching ‘Daily Mail’

Channels will appear under the Updates tab in the WhatsApp app. On iPhone, this can can be found next to ‘Chats’, ‘Calls’ and ‘Communities’ at the bottom of the screen, while on Android, it’s in the middle at the top of the screen

To follow Daily Mail on WhatsApp Channels:

• If you are reading this on your mobile web browser or in our Daily Mail app on Android then click on this invite link. 
• If you are reading this in our Daily Mail app on iOS – go to the App Store > download or update WhatsApp > tap the ‘Updates’ tab > hit + in the ‘Channels’ section > search ‘Daily Mail’ > hit + to follow.
• If you are reading this on desktop you can use your phone to scan the QR code in the fact box below, and you’ll be taken to a page to join the Channel. 
• If you can’t see Channels in WhatsApp on your device, try updating WhatsApp via your app store. You will then need to close WhatsApp and then open it again. 
• Once you’ve joined The Mail’s channel, make sure you tap the bell icon at the top of the screen to receive notifications. (You can always turn them off later).

Channels will appear under the Updates tab in the WhatsApp app. 

On an iPhone, this can can be found next to ‘Chats’, ‘Calls’ and ‘Communities’ at the bottom of the screen, while on Android, it’s in the middle at the top of the screen.

Unlike personal chats, Channels are a ‘one-way broadcast tool’. 

Admins will send the updates to all who have chosen to receive the messages, whether they’re text, photos, videos, stickers or polls. 

For privacy reasons, the phone number and profile photo of the Channel admin will not be shared with people receiving the updates.

Likewise, following a channel won’t reveal your phone number to the admin or other followers. 

WhatsApp Channel messages will only be stored for 30 days before they are deleted.

How to sign up to The Mail’s WhatsApp Channel

Scan this QR code and you’ll be taken to a page to join the channel

If you are reading this on your mobile web browser simply click on this invite link.

If you are reading this in our Daily Mail app – go to the App Store > download or update WhatsApp > tap the ‘Updates’ tab > hit + in the ‘Channels’ section > search ‘Daily Mail’ > hit + to follow.

If you are reading this on desktop you can use your phone to scan the QR code and you’ll be taken to a page to join the Channel.

If you can’t see Channels, try update WhatsApp via your app store. 

You will then need to close WhatsApp and open it again. 

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Once you’ve joined The Mail’s channel, make sure you tap the bell icon at the top of the screen to receive notifications. 

Once you’ve joined The Mail’s channel, make sure you tap the bell icon at the top of the screen to receive notifications 

Meta first announced Channels back in June, when it initially rolled out in Singapore and Colombia. 

However, it is now being rolled out in over 150 countries, including the UK and the US.   

‘If you’re new to Channels, our goal is to build the most private broadcast service available,’ WhatsApp explained.

‘Channels are separate from your chats, and who you choose to follow is not visible to other followers. 

‘We also protect the personal information of both admins and followers.’

‘This is just the beginning, and we’ll continue to add more features and expand Channels based on feedback we get from users,’ WhatsApp added.

Channels will appear under this Updates tab, next to ‘Chats’, ‘Calls’ and ‘Communities’. Unlike personal chats, Channels are a ‘one-way broadcast tool’, so if you get an update, you won’t be able to reply to it