{"id":205614,"date":"2022-10-21T11:23:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T09:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=205614"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:22:44","slug":"whatsapp-adds-demanded-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-adds-demanded-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp adds a demanded feature &#8211; decide who can see your status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past, WhatsApp users could <strong>hide their\u2019 last seen online\u2019 status<\/strong>; however, this feature was rather limited. This feature will still show if the user was online at that moment &#8211; not the best if you don\u2019t have the time (or energy) to respond to someone immediately. Now, they\u2019ve finally <strong>taken this a step further<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"WhatsApp\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/6b5a0468-96d1-11e6-bfc6-00163ec9f5fa\/2095394417\/whatsapp-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">WhatsApp<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WhatsApp already features end-to-end encryption and Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, claims this provides users with <strong>greater privacy<\/strong> for their messages. Now they\u2019re going a step further to prove user privacy\u2019s importance by rolling out a <strong>new feature<\/strong> that lets users decide who can see their status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-adds-a-demanded-feature-2.jpg\" alt=\"Whatsapp demanded feature\" class=\"wp-image-205620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-adds-a-demanded-feature-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-adds-a-demanded-feature-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-adds-a-demanded-feature-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-adds-a-demanded-feature-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-adds-a-demanded-feature-2-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-adds-a-demanded-feature-2-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will give users much more <strong>control over who sees their status<\/strong>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1583126230966337541?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"feature\">feature<\/a> like this was rumored about four months ago, but now it\u2019s a reality and <strong>coming to all devices<\/strong>. This feature isn\u2019t just an on-off type feature like the original \u2018last seen online\u2019 one but will give users much more options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More privacy, more control ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MessagePrivately?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MessagePrivately<\/a> with multiple layers of protection on WhatsApp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tsiTOMGjIs\">pic.twitter.com\/tsiTOMGjIs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1583126230966337541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users can decide to <strong>hide their status<\/strong> from everyone, their contacts only, selected individuals, or nobody (default). To enable this feature, you simply navigate to \u2018Settings\u2019 and then \u2018Privacy.\u2019 Now, you\u2019ll be able to set control over who sees your last seen, profile photo, bio, and status information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the most recent in a line of updates and new features for WhatsApp. These features include calling links and <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/articles\/new-features-for-whatsapp-on-ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more for WhatsApp on iOS<\/a>, being able to view polls on Windows, zooming in and out of photos, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, WhatsApp users could hide their\u2019 last seen online\u2019 status; however, this feature was rather limited. This feature will still show if the user was online at that moment &#8211; not the best if you don\u2019t have the time (or energy) to respond to someone immediately. Now, they\u2019ve finally taken this a step &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-adds-demanded-feature\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WhatsApp adds a demanded feature &#8211; decide who can see your status&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9221,"featured_media":205619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-205614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323007,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205614\/revisions\/323007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205614"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=205614"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=205614"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=205614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}