New online status feature

Currently, one of the world’s most used instant messenger services is facing a powerful headwind. We are talking about Whatsapp, which is known to have been penned by Meta/Facebook. On July 5, the EU Commission will vote on the new law regulating digital markets, which also affects WhatsApp. In addition, Whatsapp only has until August to formulate the terms of use in a comprehensible manner and to explain to the EU whether and which user data will be used commercially and how. At the same time, the app developers are working on new functions. According to the usually well-informed website Wabetainfo is supposed to be the online status in Whatsapp new functions receive. In the future, it should be possible to set who can view the online status.

Online status should soon be able to be hidden

So far, Whatsapp only allows you to hide the last time a contact actively used the app. In the future, it will also be possible to completely hide the online status. This means when the app was last opened in the foreground, regardless of whether you actually did anything within the app. Wabetainfo is silent on the background for the possible new function. Not every user may want to appear online to everyone at all times. The new function could also be used to declare war on stalking.

If Wabetainfo has its way, the new function should be available for iPhone users as well as for Android and Windows. Whether and if so, when the new setting option will be published is still open.

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Collection for new function for Whatsapp:

• According to the usually well-informed website Wabetainfo, WhatsApp developers are said to be working on a new online status feature.
• So far, Whatsapp only allows you to hide the last time a contact actively used the app. In the future, it will also be possible to completely hide the online status.
• It is still unclear when this new function will be released.

Source: Wabeta info