If that WhatsApp bothered you as much as it did me, you’re in luck because the messaging app is about to change it.
WhatsApp made a decision which of course I think it’s one of the best in recent years. Although this is currently something the messaging app is testing, it will soon be available to all users. As reported WABetaInfovery quickly we will stop seeing phone numbers in groups
The latest version of WhatsApp for Android beta, with build number 2.23.5.12, is said to include a feature that replaces the phone number of a user in a group that we haven’t saved with their username. Making searching for messages a real nightmare.
Say goodbye to phone numbers in groups
In the current version of WhatsApp, if there are users in a group that you have not added, their phone number appears instead of their name. It is therefore difficult to recognize who sent a message if you have not added the number to your contacts. However, with this new feature, the username will now appear instead of the phone number.
At the moment this novelty is available in the public beta version of WhatsApp, a beta version that Any user can download to try the news before anyone else. We recently told you about another great new feature that sets an expiration date for groups. In betas, WhatsApp tests many functions that, weeks or months later, reach the final version.
Whenever you receive a message from an unknown contact in a group chat, you will see the username instead of the phone number in the chat list. This change makes it easier for the recipient to understand who the unknown contact is without having to save the number as a new contact, and is especially useful in group chats where it can be difficult to identify unknown group members. Keep in mind that the name may appear instead of the phone number even in different sections of the application, for example, the list of group participants.
It’s a quite interesting novelty which can be very useful. Especially in temporary groups where we don’t know all the participants and we don’t want to add each phone one by one. This question of asking who is who in WhatsApp groups is over.