Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp started to roll out username reservations for its 3 billion users earlier in June. The username feature is not active, but you can claim your username and start using it ...

WhatsApp is rolling out usernames, allowing users to connect without sharing their phone numbers. While a mobile number will still be required to create and maintain a WhatsApp account, usernames will ...

WhatsApp is introducing usernames, allowing users to chat without sharing their phone numbers. The optional feature marks one of the biggest changes in the messaging app's history, which has relied ...

WhatsApp username feature rollout explained: The government has asked Meta-owned WhatsApp to not roll out its upcoming username feature over concerns of impersonation and fraud. In a notice issued to ...

For more than 15 years, WhatsApp has tied every account to a phone number. While simple, that design has always created a privacy dilemma: every time you joined a community, contacted a business, or ...

WhatsApp announced a significant change this week. Starting later this year, users will be able to message each other using optional, customizable usernames, a major departure from the phone ...

Privacy has become a recurring theme in WhatsApp’s recent updates, from advanced chat protections to new controls over who can contact users. Adding to that list ...

WhatsApp says the new feature will be released over the coming months and that it will notify users when it is available in their country. WhatsApp is set to allow users to go by usernames instead of ...

SAN FRANCISCO – WhatsApp is letting its three billion global users select a username for their account, a change meant to increase privacy by letting people connect on the platform without having to ...

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WhatsApp is rolling out a username feature to boost privacy by letting users hide phone numbers, but some warn it could aid scams. The feature allows unique usernames, shareable links, and QR codes, ...

Though you’ve long had to offer your phone number to use WhatsApp, the Meta-owned social network is set to roll out a new username feature. “When someone new walks into your life — a classmate, a ...