{"id":22472,"date":"2026-06-30T13:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22472"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:08:14","slug":"whatsapp-introduces-username-feature-to-enhance-user-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22472","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Introduces Username Feature to Enhance User Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has announced a new username feature that will allow users to connect with others without sharing their phone numbers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the company, the feature will be rolled out gradually over the coming months to WhatsApp&#8217;s nearly <strong>3 billion users<\/strong> worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Monday, users will be able to reserve a unique username through the app, although creating one will remain optional.<\/p>\n<p>Once the feature is enabled, users will be able to start conversations by sharing usernames instead of phone numbers. The platform will also continue to offer options to block or report unwanted contacts.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp said usernames can be up to <strong>35 characters<\/strong> long, and users will be free to change or delete them at any time.<\/p>\n<p>The company added that usernames associated with well-known public figures and senior government officials will be restricted to help prevent impersonation and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Meta described the new feature as a significant step toward improving user privacy and making communication on WhatsApp more secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has announced a new username feature that will allow users to connect with others without sharing their phone numbers. According to the company, the feature will be rolled out gradually over the coming months to WhatsApp&#8217;s nearly 3 billion users worldwide. Starting Monday, users will be able to reserve a unique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,40],"tags":[6209,12619,12618,4509,12621,12620,12617,12616,355,6424,1148,12615,12622,343,8735],"class_list":["post-22472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-technology","tag-digital-privacy","tag-instant-messaging","tag-messaging-app","tag-meta","tag-mobile-app","tag-online-security","tag-phone-number","tag-privacy","tag-social-media","tag-tech-news","tag-technology","tag-username-feature","tag-users","tag-whatsapp","tag-whatsapp-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22474,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472\/revisions\/22474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}