New Delhi: The Close-friends feature firstly we get to see in Instagram, where users can choose their favorite friends or family to view their private stories, but now if we say that this close-friends feature now we will get to see in WhatsApp also, yeah you heard it right, because in some sources WhatsApp is going to add Instagram-like close friends feature in WhatsApp, where similarly users can choose their friends or family member to view their private status updates. These features will be available to see in the latest WhatsApp Beta for the iOS 25.23.10.80 update, and their availability on the TestFlight applications.
Creating the close-friends list within the privacy settings screen is the primary goal of this planned feature. Users can decide at the time of publishing whether to share their latest status with their default audience or just their chosen close friends, once this separate list is complete by the users, in the privacy settings, where they can choose their friends and family members. If the user is added or removed from the list, they will not receive any of the notifications about the change and the subsequent Status updates.
In this update, users can change the list after sharing a status with their close friends; the previous status will be available to those who were on their list at the time of publishing, and will not immediately include any of the newly added contacts. The users would have to manually remove the status update and publish it again in order to implement the latest settings for the status that was previously shared with their close friends.
In the recent iOS 25.22.83 upgrade, WhatsApp’s Beta platform got a new feature that will eventually be rolled out globally: a dedicated My Status option in the iOS share sheet, allowing users to post photos and videos as status updates directly from any part of the application. WhatsApp also stated that the new shortcut eliminates the need for users to choose WhatsApp before navigating through their contact list, which speeds up the process. The company also claims that the update makes sharing easier and faster by enabling users to quickly alter their status before publishing it using text, drawings, or any of the emojis.
