WhatsApp Blocks Profile Picture Screenshots on Android; Lets Beta Testers Pin Multiple Chats

WhatsApp is now blocking customers from taking screenshots of different customers’ profile photos on smartphones, a brand new privateness characteristic that’s broadly out there on Android handsets. Meta started testing the performance on the beta model of the app over the previous few weeks, and it’s now being enabled for all customers. In the meantime, the corporate has began to permit beta testers to pin a couple of message in a chat, permitting extra data to be simply accessed in particular person chats or group chats.

Meta is but to announce particulars of the privateness performance that blocks screenshots on a consumer’s profile image space. The rollout was noticed by Android Police, and customers on the secure and beta variations of WhatsApp for Android are actually blocked from capturing the display when they’re viewing one other consumer’s profile picture. Customers can nonetheless seize screenshots on WhatsApp for iOS on the beta and secure variations.

Devices 360 was capable of affirm that WhatsApp blocks profile picture screenshots on a Samsung smartphone citing the machine’s safety coverage, whereas trying to seize the display whereas one other consumer’s picture is open on a Pixel 7a yields an all-black display.

Nonetheless, it is very important observe that the characteristic that blocks screenshots on a consumer’s profile image doesn’t assure that one other consumer will not have the ability to save the picture. The brand new performance cannot cease a consumer from clicking a photograph of the display the place the picture is displayed, utilizing one other smartphone. Equally, tapping on a consumer’s profile picture on the primary chat record reveals a small thumbnail and WhatsApp doesn’t block screenshots there.

In the meantime, characteristic tracker WABetaInfo noticed a change on the newest beta model of the app for Android smartphones — the power to pin a number of messages on the high of a chat. Customers can at the moment pin a single message, however a future replace is predicted to develop this to permit three messages to be pinned concurrently. Beta testers can already check out the improved characteristic by updating to WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.6.15. It’s anticipated to roll out to all customers on iOS and Android at a later date.