DEAL Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy Watch 7. Subscribe today and be the first to learn about One 7 beta!

SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn a commission.

News For You
News For You
Notifications

You will soon be able to hide WhatsApp online status on Android devices

General
By 

Last updated: July 22nd, 2022 at 11:46 UTC+02:00

Many users have wished for a feature that lets them hide WhatsApp online status from their contacts. This will prevent people from seeing when they're online on the app, providing another layer of much-needed privacy.

Aside from existing great features like WhatsApp Web, the Meta-owned service has also been expanding its privacy features. It recently added the option to hide Last seen status from specific contacts as well.

New feature lets you hide WhatsApp online status on your Android phone

The folks at Wabetainfo have discovered a new setting in WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.22.16.12. There's a new setting that enables you to hide WhatsApp online status. This feature is synced with your settings for Last seen. You can either hide WhatsApp online status from everyone or only those who are able to see your Last seen status.

Tying this feature with the Last seen status is a bit restricting. Many users would appreciate having the ability to hide WhatsApp online status from one person. This feature doesn't allow that in its present state. It can either hide the online status from everyone or only those you've opted to show your Last seen status to.

Nevertheless, this is an excellent addition to the official WhatsApp app. This will go a long way in preventing users from relying on third-party solutions that offer enhanced privacy features.

It's essential for WhatsApp to provide users with more features. Competing messaging apps like Telegram have a lot more features. It's good to see that WhatsApp is now making diligent efforts to bridge the feature gap.

Join SamMobile’s Telegram group and subscribe to our YouTube channel to get instant news updates and in-depth reviews of Samsung devices. You can also subscribe to get updates from us on Google News and follow us on Twitter.

General WhatsApp
Galaxy AI summarized

Scroll for more related content
News For You

You might also like

WhatsApp will let you add contacts from linked devices, usernames coming soon

WhatsApp will let you add contacts from linked devices, usernames coming soon

If you use WhatsApp, you might know that its contact list shows contacts from your smartphone’s contact list that are available on the platform. It means that if you want to start a conversation with someone on WhatsApp for PC or the web whose number isn’t saved on your phone, you won’t be able to. […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 5 days ago
Want AMOLED black theme on WhatsApp? It’s coming soon

Want AMOLED black theme on WhatsApp? It’s coming soon

If you are someone who likes phones with OLED screens and a dark black interface, you would be happy to know about one change that WhatsApp intends to bring. It is internally testing a darker theme for its app interface for Android smartphones. WhatsApp is testing AMOLED black like them on Android Over the past […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 3 weeks ago
WhatsApp to get backgrounds, filters, other effects for video calls

WhatsApp to get backgrounds, filters, other effects for video calls

WhatsApp has announced that in the coming weeks, it will upgrade WhatsApp (mostly like the WhatsApp app for Android and iOS) to offer ten backgrounds and ten filters for video calls, allowing you to change your background or add a filter during a video call to make them more fun. The names of the ten […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 4 weeks ago
Gemini to get Spotify, WhatsApp integration on your Galaxy device soon

Gemini to get Spotify, WhatsApp integration on your Galaxy device soon

Earlier this year, Google started rolling out Gemini to Android phones and tablets. However, it wasn't as feature-rich as Google Assistant regarding third-party integrations. Slowly, though, Google is bringing third-party app integrations to Gemini, and integration with Spotify and WhatsApp is coming soon. Gemini will soon get Spotify and WhatsApp integration Google is working on several […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 4 weeks ago
Check out WhatsApp’s cool new themes, message bubble colors

Check out WhatsApp’s cool new themes, message bubble colors

Last month, a beta version of WhatsApp for Android brought an option for applying themes to chats as well as changing the color of message bubbles, allowing people to customize the look of chats according to their taste. However, it didn’t have any themes. Well, that’s changing today. According to a new report from WABetaInfo, […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 2 months ago
You can now mention someone in WhatsApp status updates

You can now mention someone in WhatsApp status updates

In March this year, Meta started working on a feature for WhatsApp that allowed people to mention a contact in their status updates on the platform. Well, the feature is now available for people enrolled in the app’s beta program from Android. According to a new report from WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of WhatsApp […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 2 months ago