The WhatsApp team is working on new ways to increase privacy and reduce embarrassment. Three new user features will be rolled out soon to help achieve these goals.
The first is the feature that allows you to leave a group chat silently. This means you can leave a group chat without embarrassing goodbyes. Note that while the users in the group will not receive a notification, the admins of the group will receive a notification.
The next step is something that has been preparing for a while: the option to control who can see when you are online. You can set it to everyone, just your contacts, your contacts with some exceptions and none. Both this and the option to leave groups silent will be distributed to all users by the end of the month.
Finally, a very important update to the recent View Once feature. The feature allows users to send a photo or video that disappears after the recipient opens it. However, there was one major flaw: the other user could simply take a screenshot of the image. Work on blocking screenshots for View Once messages is nearly complete, but WhatsApp hasn’t said when it will be rolled out to users.
Don’t worry if you haven’t tracked all the new privacy features. WhatsApp is starting an educational campaign to teach people what options they have and how to keep their correspondence private.
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