WhatsApp New Feature: According to WhatsApp, the purpose of collecting users’ age information is to comply with the regulations and laws of different countries. Furthermore, the company wants every user to have access to safe and essential features appropriate to their age.
WhatsApp New Feature: Today, millions of people across the country use WhatsApp for chats, voice calls, and video calls. Meta periodically releases new features and updates to improve the user experience. Recently, many Indian users have been seeing a new message on WhatsApp asking them to enter their date of birth. This has sparked discussion about whether WhatsApp is implementing a new age-related rule. However, the company has not yet made any official announcement in this regard.
Why is WhatsApp asking for age information from users?
According to WhatsApp, the purpose of collecting users’ age information is to comply with the regulations and laws of different countries. Furthermore, the company wants every user to have access to safe and essential features appropriate to their age. This is why, in some cases, users are asked for their date of birth or age.
Will adding your date of birth make your age visible to everyone?
If you think that entering your date of birth will reveal your age to your friends or contacts, that’s not the case. WhatsApp has clarified that users’ date of birth and age remain completely private. No one else can see them. Once a user reaches the age limit in their country, such as 18 years in India, their account functions like a normal adult account and is granted access to all available features.
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This isn’t the first time WhatsApp is asking for age information.
This new prompt may be new to many in India, but WhatsApp has previously asked users for age or date of birth information as needed in different countries. The company says that the user may be asked for his age information while creating a new account, using certain features or in other important situations.