Phone number will no longer be required for WhatsApp account, big update coming
New contacts will only see your username. By choosing the option of Username with PIN, only those people will be able to connect with you who have your 4-digit PIN, that is, only those people will be able to connect with you with whom you share the 4-digit PIN.
If you also use WhatsApp and do not want to tell your mobile number to anyone, then there is good news for you. A big feature is going to come in WhatsApp, after which you will be identified on WhatsApp not by mobile number, but by username.
WhatsApp is currently testing this feature and the final update will be released soon. Information about this feature of WhatsApp has been given by WABetaInfo. According to Amar Ujala, the new feature has been named Username and PIN.
Not only this but after the coming of this feature, an option to replace phone numbers with usernames will be given to WhatsApp users. Security and privacy of WhatsApp users' accounts will also increase with the arrival of this feature. After the new update, settings for privacy among the users will increase to three, including username only, by phone number, and username with PIN.
After the choice of Username, one can hide his or her phone and at the same time people whom one speaks to will see only your username, but those who have saved your number will just see your number, but new contacts will only your username. On choosing the Username with PIN option, only those people can connect with you who have your 4-digit PIN; that is, only those will be able to connect with you with whom you share the 4-digit PIN.
