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WhatsApp is rolling out a way to hide your \u201clast seen\u201d status from specific contacts, as well as the ability to leave a group without notifying other users.<\/p>\n

Last December, WhatsApp started hiding users\u2019 online status from strangers by default<\/a>. While this was a step in the right direction, it still allows your entire list of contacts to see whether or not you\u2019re online. WhatsApp\u2019s upcoming update is supposed to fix that, though, as it will let you choose which contacts can see your status. So if you don\u2019t want someone to know that you\u2019re ignoring their message, toggle on the setting for that user, and they\u2019ll (hopefully) never know the difference.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp is also launching another handy feature that will let you silently leave groups. Right now, the app (very obnoxiously) notifies every user in the group of your departure, which could prompt some group members to message you privately to ask why you left. The new feature is the digital equivalent to the Irish Goodbye<\/a> \u2014 the act of leaving a party without telling anyone \u2014 and should help eliminate the awkwardness that comes along with exiting a chat.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp says it\u2019ll start rolling out these two features this month, and that it\u2019s also working on a way to block users from taking screenshots of \u201cview once\u201d messages. Unlike disappearing messages<\/a>, view once messages don\u2019t vanish after a specific time limit \u2014 they go away after the recipient has seen it once, sort of like a photo or video sent through Snapchat. Adding a way to block screenshots could help prevent users from saving or sharing sensitive information with others. This feature\u2019s still in testing, but WhatsApp says it\u2019ll start rolling it out to users \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

WhatsApp has made several other small, but meaningful updates this year. In addition to rolling out emoji reactions<\/a> and introducing a way to speed up voice messages<\/a>, the platform also started letting Android users transfer their chat history to iPhone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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