WhatsApp has been engaged on including help for usernames for some time now, and whereas that function nonetheless hasn’t been launched to the general public, the service has now added an attention-grabbing twist.
Within the newest beta model of WhatsApp for Android (2.24.18.2), you’ll be able to set a username PIN in order that individuals who you have not interacted with earlier than will not simply be capable to message you in the event that they know your username.
This seems like an extremely helpful function that ought to minimize down on spam (which is a prevailing challenge on WhatsApp nowadays). With the PIN, if somebody you have not interacted with earlier than on WhatsApp desires to message you, they will not simply have to know your username, but in addition your PIN (which can must be not less than 4 digits).
Then again, conversations with folks you are already in contact with will simply go on as if nothing modified, even as soon as the usernames are carried out for everybody.
Sadly, it is unclear when the username function or the PIN help will make it out of beta, however judging by WhatsApp’s normal growth time, we might be stunned to see these go reside earlier than the top of the yr.
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