When you met someone and wanted to add them to your contacts, the first thing you did was save their details in your phone’s address book. Then, you went to WhatsApp and in the top right of the screen you displayed the menu and pressed the “update” button. If the added user had an account in the messaging app, you could automatically view their profile.
This procedure used to be quite extensive just to chat with someone on WhatsApp. Recently, Meta launched a feature that allows you to skip several of these steps and manage your contacts directly in the messaging app. If you want to know the details of this new feature, here we tell you the steps to follow.
How to manage contacts directly in WhatsApp
On October 22, Meta launched an update to the WhatsApp messaging app, allowing users to add and manage contacts in a different way. On this occasion, to save a person's data and then chat with them, you can do so directly in the application.
The data to be included are name, surname and telephone number, but it will be Option available to synchronize or not with the mobile calendar. By discarding this option, contacts stored in WhatsApp will not be visible in the device's address book.
Another novelty is that The feature increases the privacy of stored contactsIt is perfect for users who share their mobile phone and do not want to show who has registered their accounts. In addition, it can be managed from any device, including WhatsApp web or the desktop version.
Each contact stored directly in WhatsApp can be restored in case the mobile is lost or you change devices.. This guarantees that the information in your account will remain, no matter what happens. The novelty is added to the two existing ways of adding contacts, which was through the telephone number or using the unit’s QR code.
When saving your contacts, You can do this through a “username”This certainly improves the security of registered users since when sharing their business card, the number will not be visible, only the name used.
At the moment, WhatsApp has not announced when it will be possible to add contacts using this new feature. It has not mentioned whether it is available in a beta version, but it is surely being tested by a group of users somewhere in the world. It is a matter of waiting for its global launch to enjoy it up close. Share this news so that other people are informed about the latest updates on WhatsApp.
