Whatsapp notifications (and possible others) reverting settings

[branchcream]

I try to disable notifications for groups via notification settings. But everytime I get a group messages it reverts to the old setting. I tried to solve this in app but even though the notifications are disabled in app i still get pop ups, vibration and sound. Is this a bug?

[elfakyn]

I got so annoyed I contacted WhatsApp support. This is intended behavior:

Hi,

On Android 10, WhatsApp added special rules for group notifications and message notifications:

• These notifications are always on by default. If you turn them off, the notifications will turn back on when you receive a message.
• Silent importance is disabled. If you set notifications to Silent importance, the notifications will automatically change to Alerting importance when you receive a message.

You can adjust your WhatsApp notifications in device Settings > Apps & Notifications > WhatsApp > App notifications. If you want to set the behavior to *Other* importance, you can set the notification sound to None. For all other pre-populated notifications, we don't recommend modifying importance.

This is an intended functionality of the app. We apologize for any confusion.

Regards,

<REDACTED>

WhatsApp Support Team

I guess one recourse is to (politely) voice our complaints to whatsapp via twitter or support.

[Naman]

This issue is not just limited to Samsung.

This is a Android bug accepted by Google but it is not rectified. There is android issue tracker, below is the link with bug number

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/139212329

Kindly star mark this issue for fast resolution

[Mreric66]

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