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WhatsApp About Feature: WhatsApp your classic’About‘The feature has once again been brought in a new form. Initially this feature gave a very simple way to people to tell their status, but now the company has made it more modern, clean and useful. The new ‘About’ gives you a quick overview of what you’re up to, and it’s easier than ever to see and use.

New About will be visible at the top of the chat, you can reply from there

WhatsApp has completely redesigned this feature. Your About will now appear right above 1-on-1 chats and on your profile. The special thing is that you will be able to reply to someone’s About directly from inside the chat. This will make conversations even easier because you won’t have to go through menus to find something.

How to use the new WhatsApp About feature

The new About feature is extremely simple and user-friendly. Whenever you open a chat, you will see their About at the top of the screen. If the other person updates their About, just tap on it and immediately reply without any additional steps. Another important part of this feature is its timer control. The company has set it to auto disappear after 1 day by default. But if you want About to be visible only for a few hours or to remain for several days, then you can change it as per your choice.

Just for:

• Select Settings ~ Set About ~ Timer
• This setting will help you to auto hide your status as per your need.
• Decide who can see your About
• In privacy settings, you now also get the facility to determine who can see your About.
• You can make it visible only to your contacts, or open it to more people.

This setting is very useful if you don’t want to let everyone know how you are.

Why is this feature special?

This feature will prove to be very helpful if your plans keep changing throughout the day. You may be free now and become busy after an hour. In such a situation, a short sentence or even just an emoji will tell your friends whether you are available to chat at the moment or not. This feature can become an easy way to convey your online activities to others without saying much.