WhatsApp Channel Search on iPhone Rolls Out: How to Use It

WhatsApp Channel Search on iPhone Rolls Out: How to Use It WhatsApp is rolling out channel search on iPhone, arriving roughly a year and a half after the same capability reached Android users. Spotted this week by WABetaInfo and confirmed by 9to5Mac, the update gives iPhone users a way to find a specific post without scrolling backward through an entire channel's history something that previously had no shortcut. Before this update, finding a specific channel post meant scrolling through everything that came before it. Now you type a keyword, results appear as you type, and arrow buttons let you step through each match, per WABetaInfo. The feature is live in WhatsApp for iOS version 26.24.72, available on the App Store now. The rollout is staged, so not every account will see it immediately. WABetaInfo expects availability to expand over the coming days, though WhatsApp has shared no official timeline. How WhatsApp channel search on iPhone works The search option doesn't surface in