WhatsApp Spotted Testing New Custom Privacy Setting for ‘About’ Status

WhatsApp has been noticed testing a brand new customized privateness setting for Android customers to allow them to conceal their ‘About’ standing updates from particular contacts. The choice to cover the ‘About’ standing from particular contacts, which is but to be accessible to beta testers, can be accessible alongside the prevailing privateness choices. The change is more likely to be part of the improved privateness settings that had been noticed earlier and would even be accessible for the Last Seen and Profile Photo updates on the moment messaging app.

In a report, WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo shared a screenshot displaying the brand new customized privateness setting on the app to cover ‘About’ standing updates from particular contacts. It is titled My contacts besides… and seems to be accessible alongside the prevailing Everyone, My contacts, and Nobody privateness choices.

WhatsApp is noticed engaged on increasing privateness of your ‘About’ standing updates
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo

Users deciding on the brand new privateness setting will be capable to exclude sure individuals from their contacts who would not be capable to see their ‘About’ standing updates.

WABetaInfo has discovered the brand new setting within the WhatsApp for Android beta 2.21.21.8, although it’s not but accessible to beta testers and is alleged to be nonetheless underneath growth.

The My contacts besides… choice just isn’t more likely to be restricted to the ‘About’ privateness settings and would even be accessible for Last Seen and Profile Photo updates, as beforehand recommended by WABetaInfo. A screenshot displaying the choice for Profile Photo privateness settings on a WhatsApp for Android model additionally appeared on-line final week.

Originally, WhatsApp launched the My contacts besides… choice for its Status perform again in 2017. It was later expanded to group privateness settings in November 2019.

Exact particulars on when the replace shall be accessible to customers are but to be revealed. However, contemplating WhatsApp’s historical past of long-testing new options earlier than making them dwell, the customized privateness setting for ‘About’ standing updates just isn’t more likely to be accessible to finish customers anytime quickly.