WhatsApp Introduces Chat Lock
Meta has introduced a feature to make conversation of WhatsApp users more private and secure.
This was announced by the Chief Executive Officer of the Meta, Mark Zuckerburg in a Facebook post.
The feature was rolled out on Monday, May 16.
When enabled for a chat, notifications won’t show sender or message content.
Meta explains that “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.”
“We believe this feature will be great for people who share their phones from time to time with a family member, or in moments where someone else is holding your phone at the exact moment an extra-special chat arrives.”
Meta plans to enhance the feature in the next few months.
How To Enable The Feature
You can lock a chat by tapping the name of a one-to-one or group and selecting the lock option.
To reveal these chats, slowly pull down on your inbox and enter your password or biometric.
privacy feature just dropped
With Chat Lock, now you can keep your most private and personal conversations under lock and key with a password. pic.twitter.com/NsM5NOka9A
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) May 15, 2023
