Some lucky WhatsApp users can now hide their online status
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- 14 Sep 2022
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WhatsApp has been on a consistent path towards more features and improvements such as enhancing the functionality in group chats, giving group administrators more control, and making chats more interactive. To further its efforts and double down on its commitment to user privacy, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced three specific privacy-centric WhatsApp features In August this year — quiet exits from group chats, blocking screenshots of view-once media, and hiding your online status. We're now learning of some good progress for one of these features.
Beta testers tell WABetaInfo they've received online status-related privacy options following the WhatsApp version 2.22.20.9 update on Android. The feature was spotted in development on iOS in July, followed by testing on Android later in the same month.
In the latest beta, the settings give you granular control over who can see when you’re online and when you last checked WhatsApp. Under WhatsApp Settings > Account > Privacy > Last seen and online, you can pick from four options for who can see your Last seen status — everyone, my contacts, my contacts (except selected ones), and nobody. Read More...
