Unique WhatsApp username can bring more privacy; understand

a WhatsApp It brings a lot of practicality into our daily lives. Sharing messages, voice recordings, and calls makes it easier for people to connect, no matter where they are. However, the app does challenge something highly valued: privacy. However, a fresh app update may help restore it. We are talking about the resource user nameor “username”, as it’s called here.

Information about the novelty was released by WABetaInfo. The feature was initially found in the beta version of WhatsApp on Android. This shows that the tool is currently in the testing phase. However, there is no denying it: it has got most of the app’s users excited.

How will the new thing work?

Even at the testing stage, it is still not clear how the novelty will work. However, the screenshot of the new feature was leaked and showed that the idea is that everyone has a unique username. The feature is quite similar to the famous ‘@’ sign on Instagram, for example. The username must be created from the ‘Profile’ menu settings within the WhatsApp application.

For industry professionals, this new feature comes from a change in user behavior, and even the need to add each other without the obligation to pass the phone number in, especially in cases of the unknown. This is even an advantage cablea competitor to WhatsApp, already has it.

This change in behavior shows that users are increasingly looking for privacy. Therefore, changing the cell phone number so that the person is available in the application for conversations and exchange of information is something that can end up pushing the user away from the application.

More than just a messaging app

The intention to launch this feature shows users something the market has already noticed: WhatsApp is interested in becoming more than just a messaging app, but a super app, like WeChatdeveloped by Tencent, in China.

WeChat is very popular among the Chinese. The application allows each user to obtain a unique QR code that, when scanned, goes directly to the Add Friends page. It doesn’t stop there. In addition to exchanging messages, WeChat users can schedule appointments, book hotels, rent bikes, and much more.

The idea is to help the user maintain a “lifestyle” in one place. And the idea seems to have worked, given that the app is the second most downloaded messaging app, second only to WhatsApp itself.