WhatsApp New Feature: Now the hassle of opening chat again and again is over, WhatsApp is bringing the feature of Online Contacts List.

News India Live, Digital Desk: Do you also repeatedly open your friends’ WhatsApp chat windows to see whether they are online or not? If yes, then this instant messaging platform owned by Meta has brought a tremendous good news for you. WhatsApp is working on a smart feature that will not only save your time but will also completely change your chatting experience. Now you will not need to go to different chat boxes to know someone’s ‘Online Status’. How will this new ‘smart’ feature work? Currently, if you want to see someone’s online status, you have to open their personal chat. But according to the latest report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is going to add a dedicated hub within the app settings. Here a combined list of all the contacts who are online at that time will appear. Sorting option: Users will be able to sort this list by name or by ‘online status’. Priority list: Friends who are online will appear at the top of the list, so that you can message them immediately. Testing started on Android beta version. Clear indications of this feature were found in WhatsApp Android beta version 2.26.13.3 Are. This feature will work much like ‘Facebook Messenger’, where at a glance you can know who is available to talk. After this update, you may find a section like ‘Active Now’ on the top of your contact list or in the settings. Privacy has been given full attention. It is natural to raise questions on privacy regarding this new feature, but WhatsApp has made it completely safe. This feature will fully respect your existing ‘Privacy Settings’: If a user has hidden their ‘Last Seen’ or ‘Online Status’ (Nobody), then their name will not appear in this list. Only those people will be visible in this list who have set their online status to ‘Everyone’ or ‘My Contacts’. Big changes will also be visible in group chats. WhatsApp is not only for individual chats, but also for groups. Making ‘Activity Indicator’ advanced. Now in the top bar of the group, not only will it be visible how many people are online, but the names of those active members can also be flashed. This feature will prove to be extremely useful in large groups where many people are active all the time.

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