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

By Angelin Yeoh

The ‘My Contacts Except...’ feature to exclude specific people from seeing online status is currently in development. — Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash

WhatsApp is currently testing a feature that allows users to hide their Last Seen status from specific contacts.

The name of the feature has been identified as ‘My Contacts Except...’, according to a report by WABetaInfo, an independent portal that provides updates about WhatsApp.

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