Business Desk – WhatsApp Privacy Update: WhatsApp is soon going to bring a big privacy update for crores of users. After this new feature, it will not be necessary to share your 10 digit mobile number to chat with a new person. The company is working on Username Feature, through which users will be able to connect with other people only with their unique username. This feature will work like Instagram and Telegram and will make the privacy of users stronger than before.
Now you can chat by hiding your mobile number
At present, to create an account on WhatsApp and talk to someone, it is necessary to share the mobile number. But after the new update, users will be able to set a unique username of their choice. After this, to connect with a new person, business or group, you will only have to share the username. With this, your personal mobile number will remain safe and will not reach unknown people.
How will WhatsApp’s Username feature work?
According to reports, this feature will be available in WhatsApp Profile Settings. Here users will be able to choose a unique username for their account. Once your username is set, other people will be able to contact you by searching for it in the WhatsApp search bar. In this entire process, End-to-End Encryption of WhatsApp will remain applicable as before, that is, your chat will remain completely secure and private.
Testing will be done on both Android and iPhone
WhatsApp is currently testing this feature on beta versions of Android and iOS. After testing is completed and all technical glitches are removed, it will be rolled out to all users around the world in a phased manner.
It is being considered as the biggest privacy update of WhatsApp.
According to tech experts, the username feature could be one of the biggest privacy updates in the history of WhatsApp. This will especially benefit those users who do not want to share their personal mobile number during business, online shopping, professional networking or while talking to unknown people. After the arrival of the new feature, privacy and security on WhatsApp will become stronger than ever.
