What’s up It is one of the most popular instant messaging applications worldwide. It is basically structured in the daily lives of those who interact on the platform for work, study or simple distraction reasons.
Considering the importance of the ‘app’ in daily life, the company has made every effort to create a large number of updates that are gradually updated. It meets the needs and tastes of its users.
On this occasion, a new function for identifying accounts causes surprise and expectation: What’s it about?
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As already implemented in other applications such as Telegram, the American company aims to allow users to choose a unique username to identify the account; so, There will be no need for a mobile phone number.
WhatsApp continues to improve this functionality by expanding the beta version of the app for iOS devices. They will be able to communicate with other users of the platform using their usernames instead of phone numbers.
This means that each WhatsApp will still be linked to the mobile number, but each contact will have the mobile number.freedom to choose whether you want to hide it or not and show only your name.
In accordance with WaBetaInfo, future beta release for iOS 23.20.1.71 would have this new app that would radically change the way we search for other users.
“The username is used to identify the account, while the name currently used is the name visible to people added to the platform,” he explains. Argentinian Nation.
Similarly, like passwords or profiles on some social networks, this name must contain: contains alphanumeric characters and even some special characters.
It is important to remember that this name cannot be used by another user.
This function considers users’ security because instead of showing their phone number in different chat groups, what will be shared with the rest of the members will be the username. unless the person who consents to viewing more information about their account is the owner of the account.
Although the company has confirmed that this new function is working on it, it is already known how it can be implemented.
The company is looking for new functionality in chats, hence the future beta version of Android 2.23.21.3, It will have new text formatting tools.
One of the functions would be to send messages with lines of code, responding to a specific part of the message and editing the information. The structured placement of a message in a list.
On the other hand, the possibility of creating lists that will be introduced with an asterisk or hyphen before each text you want to add to the list.
Same way, It allows you to create numbered lists using a number followed by a period.
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