In a future release of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, there will be some wonderful news. The business is now working on the capability to hide the online status for a future update of the program after stating that WhatsApp is creating some significant features, such as the capacity to modify text messages!
Many people have asked for the ability to disguise their online status over the years. People may choose to use WhatsApp in stealth mode for a variety of reasons, including the desire to avoid being bothered by other users or the feeling of being monitored. Since we are aware that many users desire this functionality, we also developed a concept to turn off the online status last year. This is a good approach to provide feedback to WhatsApp.
And yes, if you’re reading this, you already know what the announcement is about: we’re pleased to announce that WhatsApp is finally paying attention to user feedback by creating a feature that will let users choose who can see when they are online right within WhatsApp Privacy Settings, available in a future update!
And yes, if you’re here you already know what the announcement is about: we are happy to announce that WhatsApp is finally listening to user feedback by developing a feature that lets users choose who can see when they are online right within WhatsApp Privacy Settings, available in a future update!
And yes, if you’re here you already know what the announcement is about: we are happy to announce that WhatsApp is finally listening to user feedback by developing a feature that lets users choose who can see when they are online right within WhatsApp Privacy Settings, available in a future update!
And yes, if you’re here you already know what the announcement is about: we are happy to announce that WhatsApp is finally listening to user feedback by developing a feature that lets users choose who can see when they are online right within WhatsApp Privacy Settings, available in a future update!
As you can see in this screenshot, two new options—”Everyone” and “Same as Last Seen”—will allow you to control who may see when we are online inside our last seen settings. For instance, choosing “My contacts” for “Last Seen” and “Same as Last Seen” for “online” ensures that people who are not in your contact list cannot see when you are online.
In order to stop third-party apps from tracking our last seen and online status, WhatsApp started automatically obscuring the last seen to people you’ve never talked with last year. Sadly, those who we had previously communicated with could still see when we were online, but that will no longer be the case owing to the new privacy setting “who can see when I’m online.”
Even though the screenshot was taken while WhatsApp beta for iOS was still in development, it should be noted that WhatsApp plans to add the same feature in a later update of WhatsApp beta for Android and Desktop beta as well.
We regrettably do not yet know the specific date that this feature will be made available to the general public because it is still in development. If we learn more about the release of this feature in a future update, we’ll let you know in a new post, so be sure to check back often!
