Since Whatsapp iburst into our lives, back in 2009, many have been the updates that the instant messaging application has been implemented in the app over the years to improve the experience of its users.
maybe the most famous of these updates were the audios. We all have a friend or family member who no longer bothers to write a single letter and only communicates on Whatsapp with endless voice notes, although many complain about this functionality. Then, as an answer to many prayers, came the possibility of rreproduce those audios at higher speed. And it is that all these improvements in the application have managed to convert to Whatsapp the world’s favorite instant messaging app with over 5 billion downloads.
But WhatsApp has also been harshly criticized for these developments. The update that generated the most controversy was the “doble check azul”, which allows users to check if a message has been received and read by the recipient. Which caused complaints among netizens about the lack of “privacy”. And it is not for less, have you ever been told that “You have left me in seen” or “Why don’t you answer if you have read it?”.
Later the possibility of deactivating the “double blue check” in the WhatsApp configuration would arrive. But the latest novelty of the application goes even further. We tell you what it consists of and how to configure it on your device.
Hide whatsapp “online” connection status
The latest update of WhatsApp allows you to hide, finally, that you are “online”. This novelty in the instant messaging app has been one of the most anticipated by users for a long time, and it’s here.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, announced last August that the new functionality of Whatsapp, with which users can hide your “Online” connection status within the appalso allows select which contacts can see that a user is online and which cannot.
Is new feature has already been implemented among certain users of the beta version of the Whatsapp application for Android in its versions 2.22.20.9 and 2.22.20.7. In other words, at the moment only beta users or testers will be able to access it through the app Settings. there they can choose which contacts they give access to both at the time of their last connection and their ‘Online’ status.
In this case, the new WhatsApp privacy permissions go hand in hand and it will be up to the user to make a list with those contacts to whom they want to grant this permission.
How to hide the “Online” connection status of Whatsapp
Although, for the moment, This WhatsApp privacy update is only available for users with the beta versionthe developers hope that in a few weeks it will reach all devices.
For To hide the “Online” status of WhatsApp, you will have to access the “Settings” of the application, select the “Account” section and enter the “Privacy” section. In it we find aa tab where you will put “time of last time” or “time of last connection” and there you will be able to select who can see when you are online.