LAHORE (Daily Point) – WhatsApp, the messaging platform owned by Meta, is constantly expanding its range of features, and according to the WABetaInfo team, another exciting addition is on the horizon. WhatsApp is set to introduce a new capability that allows users to create multiple user profiles within a single account.

This upcoming feature will enable users to establish distinct profiles for different groups of contacts, such as friends and office colleagues, all under one account. WhatsApp will offer the flexibility to hide various profile elements from specific contacts, including your profile picture, last seen status, and online status. This means you can choose precisely what information to share with each set of people in your contact list.

A screenshot provided by WABetaInfo reveals that users will also have the ability to display a different profile photo to their contacts when using an alternate profile.

As depicted in the image above, the option for alternate profiles will be conveniently located within the privacy settings of the app. However, since this feature is still in the development phase, it is not yet available to beta testers. Users will need to wait a bit longer before it becomes accessible to the general public. It is expected to roll out initially for closed beta testing before becoming available in the public beta version. Subsequently, it will make its way into the stable release.

This update follows the recent global introduction of account switching in WhatsApp, which provides an interim solution until alternate profiles become fully functional. Account switching permits the use of multiple WhatsApp accounts on a single smartphone, eliminating the need for workarounds like app cloning or maintaining a secondary device exclusively for accessing another WhatsApp account.

Stay tuned for further updates as we keep you informed about when this exciting feature becomes available in the public version of WhatsApp.