WhatsApp is about to introduce one of the most desired news by all users. Very soon we will be able view our last connection time to certain contacts that we choose. A much needed new privacy feature that must have arrived a long time ago.
The information comes to us from WABetaInfo, experts in anticipating WhatsApp news. Recently they have already given us information about new functions such as the reactions to the messages and the redesign of the chat interface.
As you surely know, within the privacy options of WhatsApp we have an option that allows us to show our last connection time. Currently we can configure this option called «Last time» so that it is shown to all users, contacts or nobody. However, it looks like this is going to change based on new features discovered by WABetaInfo in a beta version of WhatsApp.
You can choose which contacts to show your last connection to
As it appears in the image shared by WABetaInfo, a fourth call will be added to the current three options “My contacts except …”. By clicking on it we can select the contacts with whom we do not want to share our last connection time on WhatsApp. For the contacts you select, you will also not be able to see their last connection time.
WhatsApp is planning to add the “My contacts except …” option for Last Seen, Profile Picture and About, so you will be able to exclude specific contacts without disabling the feature! 💯
Note: you cannot see the last seen of excluded contacts.Availability: in a future update. pic.twitter.com/LWTihboePd
– WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) September 7, 2021
«WhatsApp plans to add the “My contacts except …” option for Last time, Profile picture and Info., So you will be able to exclude specific contacts without disabling the function..
Note: you will not be able to see the last connection time of the excluded contacts either.
Availability: in a future update«.
We cannot know when this new WhatsApp feature will be released, but it is likely to arrive in a future update. It’s not too difficult a feature to implement, so it should be coming soon.