The inability to hide the online status, which has become an ordeal for WhatsApp users, becomes history with the new feature. People who do not want to be disturbed even though they are online will now be able to prevent them from being followed.
According to the information transferred from ShiftDelete; The phrase online for the messaging app appears when a user connects to the internet. In other words, the other user can see that you are online regardless of mobile, PC or web. Although the app brings many privacy features, users have not been able to hide whether they are online or not until now.
Latest WhatsApp beta feature shared by WABetaInfo, It allows users to choose who can see their online status. According to the screenshot, users can use the ‘ ‘ in their privacy settings.Last Seen and Online‘ will be able to hide their status.
WhatsApp users, who can see their online status Everyone” and “Same as Last Seen” can be arranged in two different ways. For example, if you select “My Contacts” for last seen and “Same as Last Seen” for online status, people not in your contact list will not be able to see whether you are online or not.
The new feature is currently only WhatsApp Beta for iOS It is stated that it has been tested in the application, but will also be offered to Android and desktop versions of WhatsApp. However, this feature is currently under development and not available to users.
Also, a while ago, many privacy settings were added for last seen, profile photo and about in the WhatsApp application. to the WhatsApp application “My Contacts Except…” It is now possible to gain more privacy with the option.
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