Whatsapp users can now lock and hide chats- Meta.
Whatsapp users can now lock and hide chats by the use of making them only accessible by password or biometrics, Speaking to the media through a blog, Meta stated that this is their newest feature.
Meta highlighted that this features will come in handy, especially for those people who share phones with their children or family member.
They also deemed the feature essential, especially when a very private chat pops up and someone is going through your phone.
The Blog post read,”Locking a chat takes that thread out of your inbox and puts it behind its own folder that can only be accessed with your device’s password or biometric, like a fingerprint. It also automatically hides the contents of that chat in notifications, too.”
“Our passion is to find new ways to help keep your messages private and secure. Today, we’re excited to bring to you a new feature we’re calling Chat Lock, which lets you protect your most intimate conversations behind one more layer of security,” read part of the post.
The feature, automatically locks in a chat that can be accessed later or at a convienient time by the owner of the chat.
They stated,”It also automatically hides the contents of that chat in notifications, too. You can lock a chat by tapping the name of a one-to-one or group and selecting the lock option. So that you can use a unique password different from the one you use for your phone.”
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