The social media calling & messaging platform, WhatsApp is planning to soon roll out a new privacy feature called ‘Alternate Profile’.
Introduction of this new feature is claimed to add one more layer of privacy for users.
So far, this feature is under development and is not available to beta testers.
The WhatsApp Alternate Profile feature will shortly be available to all users, as per the report.
With the introduction of Alternate Profile feature, WhatsApp plans to mask the original profile of users, as a stride to enhance the security and user experience.
It appears that this new feature will be quite beneficial for users who do not want to share their profile with everyone.
How Does WhatsApp’s Alternate Profile Feature Work?
“A new alternate profile feature will be available within the privacy screen regarding our profile photo and it allows users to configure a different photo and name that will be visible to those contacts who cannot see their primary profile information. For example, if only your contacts can see your profile photo, this means that people outside your contact list cannot see it but they will be able to see your alternate profile picture. It’s worth noting that the same feature will also be accessible within your profile section,” as per the latest update from Wabetainfo.
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Simple Steps To Use WhatsApp’s Alternate Profile Feature
After its launch, the users will be able to use the WhatsApp Alternate Profile feature by following the below steps.
1. First of all, open the WhatsApp application.
2. Now, Go to the settings>Privacy>Profile Photo
3. Here Select ‘My Contacts’ so that only your contacts can see your primary profile photo.
4. On this selection, you will be able to see an ‘Alternate Profile’ option.
5. After selecting this option, the user needs to create an alternate profile like the original profile.
6. Now, Update the settings.
Violla, you have created an alternate profile, which will be visible to only those users that you wish.
How Does The ‘Alternate Profile Feature’ Help?
“The alternate profile feature can serve as a protective shield: it will be adding a new layer of security and privacy to the user experience as they finally have more control over their information. In fact, users will be able to maintain a higher level of privacy by configuring an alternate profile and choosing different information in the future,” noted in Wabetainfo.
Further adding, “In addition, we think that this feature will prove highly advantageous once the ability to set up a WhatsApp username becomes available in the future. Many users opt to restrict profile photo visibility to their contacts only. By setting up an alternate profile, even users who contact you through a username will still have access to view your profile, but it will be different from your primary one.”
