WhatsApp will offer the option of shielding ‘now online’

A major improvement is on the way for WhatsApp. The messaging service already makes it possible to block when you were last online. In the future it will also be possible to hide your online status.

Now hide online in WhatsApp

WhatsApp is getting more and more privacy options. In the latest version of the chat app, clues have been found for even more privacy settings. For some time now it has been possible to set that not everyone is allowed to see your online status. This means that others can’t always see when you were last online. However, if you have disabled this visibility, others will see that you are online when you have WhatsApp open. Most crooked of course. But this may change in the future.

When someone has opened WhatsApp, you will see ‘Online’ at the top of the screen. This online status cannot be hidden or shielded from others. According to WAbetainfo, WhatsApp developers are working on an option to hide this information as well. It is then not visible to everyone or selected persons at all whether someone has read your message, has been online, or is online. When the function is activated, you will also not be able to see whether others are online.

It is currently unknown when the feature will be rolled out by WhatsApp.