WhatsApp will soon let you hide your ‘Last Seen’ status from specific contacts


WhatsApp is developing more options for privacy, soon to allow users to determine which users can see when they were last online, their profile photo and ‘about’ description. — AP

WhatsApp is improving its Last Seen feature to allow users to hide when they were last online from specific contacts.

Leaker site WABetaInfo reported that the messaging service is reworking privacy settings, which will allow users to decide who can see certain details about their profile when interacting on WhatsApp.

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