The latest beta version of WhatsApp for iPhone includes references to a new contact center that will make it easier to see who is online and who was active recently. Here are the details.
WhatsApp makes it easier to check status online
As spotted by WABetaInfoWhatsApp is working on a new contacts hub that will show who is or was recently online.
On WhatsApp, users can choose whether other contacts can see their online activity. As a result, WhatsApp only allows users to see someone else’s online status if they also make their own online status visible.
However, for users who keep online status enabled, checking if one or more contacts are online still requires opening each conversation individually and looking at the top of the chat, where WhatsApp indicates whether that contact is online or when they were last active.
However, according to WABetaInfo“WhatsApp is working on a feature that lets users see which of their contacts are currently online.”
The feature is a new contacts hub that will display users’ favorite contacts at the top, followed by currently online contacts, then recently active contacts.
The site notes that while the feature is currently not available to beta testers, they were able to enable it, as shown below:
WABetaInfo indicates that the new Contacts section will be accessible from the Settings screen and will follow the same privacy rules as the current online status indicator: users will only see other people’s online activity if they also allow their own online status to be visible.
As is the case with features currently in development, and especially given WhatsApp’s slow rollout schedule, there is no clear timetable for when it will officially release.
See WABetaInfoThe full report, follow this link.
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