The popular messaging app WhatsApp comes with a long-awaited innovation: usernames. This new feature makes it possible to communicate with others without sharing your phone number. Today, WhatsApp is taking the first step to make this possible.
This innovation is made possible by another important change in the app. WhatsApp will initially load its own contact list, separate from your phone’s contact list. The company announces this in a blog.
This system is the basis for using usernames instead of phone numbers. “Usernames on WhatsApp provide additional privacy, so you don’t have to share your phone number when you message someone,” WhatsApp said.
Add contacts via your computer
The WhatsApp contact list itself brings other benefits as well. In this way you can add contacts through your computer and you can decide for yourself if these contacts also come to your phone’s contact list. When you contact him, a separate setting will appear for this.
The company will release the new contact list to all users in the coming weeks.
You will soon be able to choose a username
The introduction of usernames will follow later. WhatsApp has not announced a definite date yet. “Today we’re taking just one critical step to make that happen and we’ll share more once the feature is ready.”
Today WhatsApp also launched its new iOS widget which allows you to quickly access your favorite chats from your iPhone’s home screen.
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2024-10-22 17:49:00
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