WhatsApp has brought a very important status privacy confirmation feature for its users. WABetaInfo gave information about this new feature in a post. In the latest update, users will get the option of privacy settings before sharing a new status update. Let’s know the details.
A very useful feature has entered WhatsApp. This feature is related to WhatsApp status update. The company recently rolled out the feature of sharing one minute voice note and video in status update. Now the company has brought a strong feature of privacy of status update for the users. Information about this new and very important feature of WhatsApp was given by WABetaInfo in an X post. In this, a screenshot of this new feature of WhatsApp has also been shared.
Two options to set privacy
In the shared screenshot, you can see that before sharing the new status update, users are being given the option of privacy settings. Through this, users will be able to decide who can see their status and who cannot. The new feature is giving two options for privacy at the time of status update. These include All contacts and specific contact. Through this feature, the company wants to give users a better experience of WhatsApp privacy.
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WhatsApp is rolling out a status privacy confirmation feature, and it’s available to some beta testers!
Some users might already have received this feature by installing certain previous updates.https://t.co/qdPO7jEkYa pic.twitter.com/5OluJ9WPJ4— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) June 8, 2024
Feature for these users
With the arrival of this feature, users will no longer need to go to settings again and again to manage privacy. According to WABetaInfo, this feature has just been rolled out for beta users. If you are an Android beta user, you can check it in WhatsApp Beta for Android 2.24.12.27 update. The company will roll out its stable version for global users after the beta testing is completed.
Now WhatsApp will also be verified like Facebook, Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new feature of WhatsApp. Zuckerberg said that WhatsApp business users will soon get the tag of Meta Verified. Apart from India, this feature is being rolled out for users of Brazil, Indonesia and Colombia. WhatsApp users will also get the option to buy a verification tick.
For the meta verification tick, users will have to verify their identity with a government ID. It is expected that the arrival of this feature will help a little in preventing scams on WhatsApp.