Following the announcement that the poll-making tool would be made available on WhatsApp beta for Windows, WhatsApp is now making this feature available on the most recent WhatsApp Desktop version!
Following a Facebook statement by Mark Zuckerberg, all users of WhatsApp for iOS and Android now have access to the ability to create polls. Within a few weeks, the feature was gradually made available to all mobile device users, but not to desktop users to receive it. Everyone using the most recent version of WhatsApp Desktop may now create polls after the capability was made available on WhatsApp beta for Windows two days ago:

Within an individual or group chat, you may make a poll just like on WhatsApp for Android and iOS, and you can add up to 12 options after inputting your question. When a respondent selects an option in your poll, you may view the most popular response by opening the poll information. Only the people you share the poll with can see its contents because polls on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted, making it impossible for anyone—not even WhatsApp—to access them.
Following the most recent distribution of WhatsApp Desktop’s most recent version, it has now been made available to everyone.

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