We recently brought you news of an update WhatsApp is working on, which gives you more control over what people can and can’t see when you send images over WhatsApp. When the feature lands you will be able to blur out parts of the image you don’t want anybody to see. Today we have news of another privacy-focused feature coming to WhatsApp, but this time it is something a little more traditional. Let’s take a deeper look.
One of the most requested features that people have been asking WhatsApp to implement for quite some time now is the ability to hide your online status from other users. It now looks like the feature is finally well on the way as it has been spotted in a recent beta version of WhatsApp for iOS.
If you have ever received a message from somebody but wanted to wait until later in the day, week, month, or even year to get back to them, if you even ever want to get back to them at all, then this is the update you have been waiting for.
It looks like the feature will be split into two, giving you control of who can see the last time you were seen online and who can see if you are online. For when you were Last Seen, you can select Everyone, My Contacts, My Contacts Except (specific contacts who you don’t want to know when you were last online), and Nobody. For when you are Online you can select Everyone or Same as Last Seen.
In this way, WhatsApp is finally giving you greater privacy control meaning you can happily go about your business on WhatsApp without certain people knowing you are online and possibly thinking you are ignoring them. Yep, this means you don’t have to feel guilty anymore because you can just pretend that you never got their message in the first place.
There is still no news on a timeline for the release of this feature as it is still in development. This means that for now, you will only be able who control who can see when you were Last Seen online. It is on the way though, so hold in there. In the meantime, why not check out some of the new WhatsApp voice features that are on the way.
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