Whatsapp premiered at new feature expected by many on Android and iOS (iPhone) devices, as it still delivers more privacy To save conversation content: it’s about blocking chats.
Although for some time it is possible archive conversations so that the input conversation list is not visible, now this new update will allow it protect the desired chats with password.
In the presentation of this novelty, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta and owner of WhatsApp, provided more details about it: “This feature will make your conversations more private. They will be protected in a hidden section with a password and notifications won’t show who sent messages or what’s in them.”
How chat blocking will work
The secure chats folder will appear above the archived folder and will be protected with a password or biometric data. As Zuckerberg has indicated, notifications from chats archived in this new section will reveal neither the sender nor the content of the message.
“We think this feature is great for those who occasionally need to share their phone with a family member, or when someone holds your phone at the exact moment you get a special chat.”
To block the chat you must touch the name of the person or group in question and select the “block” option. To access it, all you have to do is drag slowly down the inbox and enter your password or biometric data (such as fingerprint).
“Over the next few months, we’ll be adding more options to chat blocking, such as the ability to block chats on paired devices and create a custom password for your chats that’s different from the one you use on your phone,” WhatsApp said in a statement posted on the website. his blog.
More news on WhatsApp
This privacy tool isn’t the only thing new to WhatsApp in recent months. One of them was the ability to create polls in group and personal chats. Thus, a vote can be cast and changed later.
Later Meta launched the shape creation feature. Initially it was only possible to issue one response per participant, but the “allow multiple responses” field was added in a future update.
The new feature to lock chats with password has already been released and will be available in the next device updates.
Source: Clarin
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