Technical / WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out new privacy feature New UI and updated Disappearing feature

WhatsApp is reportedly starting to roll out the "My Contacts Accept..." privacy feature, which lets users control who can see their information on WhatsApp. According to another report, WhatsApp is also rolling out a new interface for contact info and group info for specific Android beta testers. This interface was previously only available when viewing Business Info. Apart from this, Android beta users are also getting the updated Disappearing Message feature. The feature allows users to choose from short-term periods of 24 hours, seven days and 90 days as the default message timer for vanishing chats. Apart from this, WhatsApp has improved its multi-device feature. Know everything in detail...

Coming 'My Contacts Accept...' Option

According to WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo, the "Accept My Contacts..." option is being introduced with the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.23. The feature allows users to choose who can see their information such as "last seen" status, profile photo and "about" details on WhatsApp. It will be the fourth option on the Last Seen settings menu along with Everyone, My Contacts and Nobody. Users have to select the contacts with whom they do not wish to share information from the "Accept My Contacts..." option. Contacts that are not selected here will be able to see all the notifications as they did before. Also, if a user disables their last seen for a specific contact, they will also not be able to see their last seen status. This rule does not apply to about and profile photos for Last Seen.

New update will bring new interface

According to another report by WABetaInfo, the Android 2.1.21.23.13 update is bringing several new features for WhatsApp beta testers. The first is the release of a new interface for Contact Info, which was released with the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.23.12. It is being said that WhatsApp is rolling out a new UI to more beta testers in the latest update. The report says that users may also start seeing a new interface for Group Info.

Options will increase in Disappearing Messages feature

Also, Disappearing Messages feature which allows users to choose between short term duration of 24 hours, seven days and 90 days. The change was previously available for beta testers on iOS, and is now available for Android testers. Introduced by the Meta-owned app last year, the feature introduced an option to automatically make a particular message disappear after 7 days. The update now provides an option over a period of time to automatically make messages disappear on WhatsApp.

Multi-device feature will be better than before

The latest rollout brings changes to the multi-device update as well. WABetaInfo tweeted that after the multi-device beta update, WhatsApp will no longer send notifications about changes to the security code when the list of linked devices is changed. The security code is used to verify that the calls and messages sent by the user to that chat are end-to-end encrypted. WhatsApp says that these codes are unique for each chat.