Of course on more than one occasion, especially in groups What’s up?, you’ve seen a lot of messages you don’t know who they belonged to because what looks big is the phone number that sent it. If you don’t have it in your contacts, there’s practically nothing to do. And that is something that will soon change.
Any chance of getting a clearer idea of who the number belongs to, because next to it? User name app (but very small). Usually little attention has been paid to this because WhatsApp itself does the same thing because this data displayed when creating an account on the platform is not used for many things… Unlike what happens with services like Telegram, the most positive results have to be said. Well, it looks like this data will have a greater weight from now on.
What does WhatsApp stock with usernames?
As seen in the last test version of the messaging app we mentioned change This may seem small, but it is quite important: the information seen in a non-contact message has changed. Now, username looks big, while the phone number appears small. And it’s a success, because the first can be quite indicative of the person in question.
A visible change simple What does it have to do with the development of the WhatsApp application and it should be available in the applications for a long time. The truth is it’s a success and now Communities to lengthen -at least that’s the idea of the company- it’s not very productive to constantly see phone numbers that we don’t know who they belong to.
Solutions for data misuse
A small detail – the same name change – added to the test version of Android. Added an option to allow its use. casual chats As a way of not taking up too much storage space on devices with the WhatsApp app. These are deleted after a certain amount of time, which deletes the data. It’s a great option if that’s not particularly important for the future. And as such, it’s a good decision made by the company currently owned by Meta.
Source: Cincodias Elpais
