The WhatsApp app icon is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken Oct. 27, 2025. (Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
The messaging app WhatsApp will soon allow users to message each other by sharing usernames instead of phone numbers, the company announced Monday.With the upcoming update, phone numbers will no longer be automatically visible when users are added to group chats or send a first message to another person or a business, WhatsApp said in a statement. According to the company, owned by Meta alongside Facebook and Instagram, the feature is designed to enhance privacy."This feature has been in the pipeline for three or four years," said Hady Khoury, an independent cybersecurity expert.The update will be rolled out gradually to WhatsApp's roughly 3 billion users, likely by country or region. The process could take several months, and the company has yet to disclose all implementation details. In the news askLex, the AI that...
The messaging app WhatsApp will soon allow users to message each other by sharing usernames instead of phone numbers, the company announced Monday.With the upcoming update, phone numbers will no longer be automatically visible when users are added to group chats or send a first message to another person or a business, WhatsApp said in a statement. According to the company, owned by Meta alongside Facebook and Instagram, the feature is designed to enhance privacy."This feature has been in the pipeline for three or four years," said Hady Khoury, an independent cybersecurity expert.The update will be rolled out gradually to WhatsApp's roughly 3 billion users, likely by country or region. The process could take several months, and the company has yet to disclose all implementation details. In the news askLex, the AI that...
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