WhatsApp will add the ability to set passwords for chats – Kommersant

WhatsApp messenger strengthens the protection of its users’ messages, now a private chat can be moved to a separate folder, which will require a password to open. The new feature is called “Closing Chat” and is already being rolled out.

With its help, the user will be able to protect their most personal correspondence, the messenger promises. “To open it (private chat folder.— “b”), you will need to enter a device password or scan biometric data such as a fingerprint. In addition, the content of messages from private chats will be automatically hidden in notifications as well,” says WhatsApp in its blog.

To close the chat, you need to click on the name of the interlocutor or the name of the group and select the appropriate option, to return the chat, you need to slowly swipe the screen with your finger and enter the phone password. Closing chats will soon be available on linked devices, and a unique chat password can be used instead of a phone password.

Previously on the web version of WhatsApp appeared function of editing sent messages. You can now correct messages in both private and group chats.

Maria Fedotova