Many rumors about new WhatsApp features have surfaced in recent weeks. Three of them have now been officially confirmed. All ensure that your privacy is better protected in WhatsApp. But you shouldn’t treat one lightly.

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WhatsApp: Three new privacy features

WhatsApp will soon be enriched by three important functions. have that Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook and the WhatsApp account on Twitter announced. All three features have appeared in the rumor mill beforehand and now officially confirmed:

  • You may soon leave groups without notifying the whole group. Only the administrator gets a message that you left the WhatsApp group.
  • You also get better control over who can see when you’re online. This way you can determine much more individually and decide more precisely who is allowed to see this information about you.
  • Photos and videos that you have sent for a one-time view are protected from screenshots in WhatsApp.

The latter function in particular should have been introduced when the single view of messages was introduced in order to protect the content. Nevertheless, you should not indiscriminately send spicy photos or videos via WhatsApp. They can still be photographed or filmed from the display with another smartphone. There is no technical solution for this.

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When will the new WhatsApp features be available?

Neither Mark Zuckerberg nor the official WhatsApp account has revealed when exactly the new features will be integrated into the messenger. According to the latest leaks, the functions will first be tested in the beta versions and should be integrated in the coming weeks. But it won’t take too long now that the features have been officially announced. We will inform you when the time comes.