WhatsApp introduces private chats - with a password and no notifications

WhatsApp developers have announced the introduction of a new "Close chat" feature. This is another security measure you can use to protect your most private communications. blog.

"Close Chat" allows users to move in-person conversations to a separate folder that can be accessed using a device password or biometric data.

New messages in such chats will not be visible in notifications on your device, so that no one can spy on what you are talking about and with whom.

To close a chat, you need to click on the name of the interlocutor in personal correspondence or the name of the group and select the appropriate option. And to make private chats visible on the chat screen, swipe slowly, enter your phone passcode, or scan your biometrics.

The developers are sure that this function will be useful in situations where for some reason you pass your phone to a loved one or any other person, and it is at this moment that a very personal message comes to you. message.

In the coming months, it will be possible to close chats on linked devices and create a unique password for such conversations, which can be used instead of the phone password.

The “Close Chat” feature is already rolling out across all devices.