There are many functions that we can find in WhatsApp that we find quite practical, especially those that guarantee our security. Without a doubt, we are facing the most used messaging application on the entire planet and, therefore, it must offer good stability and accessibility for everything to work correctly. In fact, we are used to receiving continuous updates, and one of them is aimed at reflecting greater interaction with the states. This is how the way you use it will change.
WhatsApp is the well-known application in the world of messaging. Who doesn’t have WhatsApp installed on their smartphone nowadays? In fact, it is one of the first applications that we usually install as soon as we buy a new mobile phone or in case we have to restore it.
Throughout its history, succulent new features have been incorporated that have encouraged its use until it reaches more than 2,000 million users around the planet and, despite this data, its main competition, Telegram, has always been one step behind. ahead in terms of the development of innovative tools. Now, with the purchase of Meta, numerous changes have been established that are typical of some of the social networks that are part of this conglomerate, such as Instagram or Facebook.
Mentions in WhatsApp statuses
Maybe you are not very familiar with the so-called WhatsApp statuses or you do not use them frequently. But it is a section where you can upload images or videos directly from your mobile gallery or by taking a photo or video at the moment. Once you have selected the media file in question, you can edit it, add stickers and emojis, or write a comment. This is an option very similar to Instagram Stories, although with certain limitations.
Specifically, it is a function in which if you name one of your contacts that you have added, a notification will arrive in their private chat informing them that they are tagged in that video or photograph and, as a consequence, they will be able to see the result of that story. This is what WhatsApp wants to implement soon and what it has been working on for several months, and it can even now be tested in the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android 2.24.11.15.
A feature that Telegram already integrates
In the new WhatsApp interface we will see that these mentions in the status updates will be completely private, that is, the viewers who are viewing our statuses will not be able to see who is mentioned, so the mentioned contacts will remain anonymous and their presence will be totally confidential. They will receive notification of the mention in the private chat so that no one notices this activity.
Telegram has already included this feature for a long time, but the difference is that the name of the mentioned user can be seen in the tagged image or video. In this case, WhatsApp is thinking about how to change this dynamic and improve the security and privacy of its users, with the aim of protecting their data without anyone knowing who that file is directed to.
