In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. Africa Check breaks down ...

Broader concerns about privacy, stemming from high-profile DM leaks, and the use of personal information for AI training, have prompted many to seek safer alternatives, and WhatsApp’s focus on ...

In recent years, WhatsApp has increased its focus on user and chat privacy. It has regularly introduced features like end-to-end encryption, disappearing messages and chat locks.

WhatsApp points out that this feature could really help in group chats where not everyone knows each other well. For example, think of support groups talking about health issues or local ...

Earlier this month, WhatsApp rolled out a plethora of new features for its app, such as an online indicator for groups, ability to RSVP for an event as ‘maybe,’ invite a plus one, add end date ...

Other privacy features that WhatsApp has released include disappearing messages and chat lock. Earlier this month, WhatsApp has unveiled a series of updates aimed at enhancing the way businesses ...

With this feature, users can block chat exports, stop media from being saved automatically, and prevent their messages from being used by AI-based tools outside WhatsApp. The feature adds a new ...

With privacy concerns growing in large and loosely-knit group chats, WhatsApp’s new feature aims to keep conversations exactly where they belong,inside the app.

WhatsApp says Meta AI, which appears as a multi-coloured circle on the app’s display, is designed to “answer your questions, teach you something, or help come up with new ideas”.

Enhanced privacy for chats Now, with “Advanced Chat Protection”, a kind of copy protection for chats is to be added. The advanced privacy setting will be available for chats as well as in groups.

The image shows WhatsApp logo. - Reuters/File Meta's messaging platform WhatsApp is working on an advanced chat privacy feature to limit message sharing, which will be available in a future update.

WhatsApp has officially introduced a new feature, Advanced Chat Privacy, aimed at giving users greater control over how their messages and media are handled in both private and group chats.