WhatsApp has been flooding its mobile and desktop application with numerous features. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform is constantly expanding its user base with its end-to-end encryption and improved messaging services. While WhatsApp has been updated with multiple new features, a slew of them are currently under development and likely to be released to the Android and iOS versions going forward. The hide online status feature is the latest one rumored to have entered the testing phase.
WhatsApp Online Status Hide Feature Reportedly Enters Testing Phase
There have been some rumors suggesting the upcoming WhatsApp feature that’ll let users hide online status from their contacts. Now, WABetaInfo shared a new report that confirms this new privacy WhatsApp feature going under the testing phase. The publication has shared screenshots of the online status hiding feature being tested with the WhatsApp Beta version.
The screenshots show the online status hide feature now getting tested with the Android OS. Just to recap, the same feature was previously tested with the iOS beta version. The reports were shared by WABetaInfo itself a few weeks back. Currently, the hide online status is available for the WhatsApp beta version 2.22.16.12.
With WhatsApp performing test runs of the hide online status privacy features with both Android and iOS devices, it shouldn’t be long before the final release. However, WhatsApp is currently silent with the details of the stable version’s availability. But we are expecting some confirmation soon from the company.
As for the hide online status functionality, this privacy feature will be made available alongside the Last seen privacy option. It will be clubbed with the last seen and online option. As for the users, you can hide your WhatsApp online status will be “Everyone” and “Same as last seen”. This means either you can hide when you come online on WhatsApp from all contacts or from the ones you have hidden your last seen as well.
This latest WhatsApp privacy feature has been demanded from users for a long. Currently, there is no way you can hide when you come online from any of your contacts which at times breaches your privacy when you specifically are avoiding someone. With this new privacy option, there will be no room for online stalking on WhatsApp.
