"With the feature's relaunch, WhatsApp is making users' "About" status more visible than before. Others will now be able to see your status at the top of their one-on-one chats with friends and users' profiles. Plus, users can tap on someone's About status in a chat to reply to it directly. Like Instagram Notes, the WhatsApp About status will disappear in a day by default."
"Like Instagram Notes, the WhatsApp About status will disappear in a day by default. However, the company says users can adjust the timer if they want to have it disappear more quickly or stick around longer than 24 hours. Plus, users can decide whether their About status can be seen by just their contacts or if it's more publicly visible."
"The company suggests users could also post something that could serve as a conversation starter, or they could use the space to share why they might not be available to talk at present. While the addition may be new to many, the company points out in a blog post that this "About" feature, as it's called, was actually WhatsApp's first feature. Before WhatsApp focused on secure, private messaging, it allowed people to quickly share short updates like this."
WhatsApp relaunches the 'About' status as a short-text update feature similar to Instagram Notes. Users can post brief text updates that appear at the top of one-on-one chats and in profiles and can be tapped to reply directly. By default the status disappears after 24 hours, and users can adjust the timer to make updates shorter or longer. Privacy controls allow visibility restricted to contacts or set more publicly. The relaunch revives an original WhatsApp capability that allowed quick short updates before focus shifted to secure messaging. At launch the feature is text-only without short looping videos or music integrations, though future enhancements are possible.
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