WhatsApp Beta Adds Green Dot to Show Who's Online

WhatsApp appears to beryllium introducing a caller ocular indicator that shows erstwhile a interaction is online, according to WaBetaInfo.


The diagnostic adds a tiny greenish ellipse to a contact's illustration photograph erstwhile they're progressive successful the app, and which disappears the infinitesimal they leave, each updated successful existent time. The indicator is present being tested for the WhatsApp iPhone app successful TestFlight aft it debuted connected Android past month.

As it presently works, the dot lone surfaces successful the chat info surface (the leafage that opens erstwhile you pat a contact's sanction astatine the apical of a conversation). It doesn't yet look successful the chat database oregon the speech presumption itself, but that could alteration successful the future.

The alteration appears to instrumentality to WhatsApp's existing privateness rules, truthful if idiosyncratic has specifically chosen to fell their past seen and online status, the greenish dot won't amusement up for them.


The indicator is unrecorded successful the WhatsApp beta for iOS 26.26.10.72. WABetaInfo reports that it's disposable to immoderate beta testers now, with a wider beta rollout expected implicit the coming weeks. There's nary connection yet connected erstwhile the greenish dot volition scope the unchangeable mentation for everyone, though.
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