US EditionWhatsApp Is Finally Getting Usernames
- Meta is set to introduce usernames on WhatsApp soon, enabling people to interact without needing to disclose their phone numbers.
- This feature aims to increase privacy by letting users create unique @handles and control who can find and message them.
- Usernames will be optional and managed through settings, with ongoing beta testing mainly on Android and some iOS versions.
- WhatsApp will also introduce a Username PIN to restrict first-time messages, reducing spam and enhancing user control over contacts.
- This update could increase user autonomy and privacy, but questions about spam and exact rollout timing remain unsettled.
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WhatsApp’s biggest update in years
You had one job: to keep it simple on WhatsApp. Texts, calls, and sometimes the odd voice note here and there. But now? WhatsApp wants to become a bit more social, in what may be the application’s most Instagram-like move yet. WhatsApp is rolling out usernames, yes, actual usernames. No more handing out your phone number like a business card to join a group chat or speak to someone new. Source
WhatsApp is working on an Instagram, Telegram and Signal-style feature, sharing contacts within the app will be easier than ever.
WhatsApp, an instant messaging app belonging to Meta, lists a new update that promises to enchant users.As the states that we show to our WhatsApp contacts will now be able to customize even more as on Facebook and Instagram.So will WhatsApp states with the new updateSome of the details that WhatsApp will include in its new update are being revealed, with the states being the ones that will suffer the biggest changes:Image collections with up to…
WhatsApp prepares one of the biggest changes in its history: the arrival of user names. The popular messaging app works on a function that will allow users to identify themselves without sharing their phone number. It is a very important novelty because it will allow them to talk to other users or enter groups without having to give the number, in the pure style of Telegram. The novelty has already appeared in WhatsApp’s beta for iOS (25.17.10.7…
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