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News India Live, Digital Desk: If you too are confused while posting WhatsApp status as to who will see it and who will not, then there is great news for you. Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a feature that is directly inspired by Instagram’s ‘Close Friends’ feature. Now you can make a gift for those special friends or relatives of yours. special list You will be able to create whatever you want to show your most personal moments.
What is ‘Close Friends’ feature and ‘Colorful circle’ on status?
Till now, for status privacy on WhatsApp, you had to go to Settings and select ‘My Contacts Except’ or ‘Only Share With’. But after the new update, you can get a permanent ‘Close Friends’ Will be able to make a list.
Magic of Colored Ring: When you share a status with a close friends list, a circle will appear around your profile photo. Special colored ring (probably a green or blue ring) Will be visible.
It will be easy to recognize: This colored circle will indicate to those friends that they are included in your ‘inner circle’ i.e. the list of close friends and this status is only for them.
5 big things about the feature you should know:
Privacy Control: You will not need to change privacy settings every time you add a status. Just select ‘Close Friends’ and post.
List Management: You can add or remove people from this list whenever you want. The best thing is that anyone Notification will not go Whether he has been included in the list or removed.
An Instagram-like experience: Meta is trying to make the experience uniform across all its platforms (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp). This feature is a step in that direction.
End-to-End Encryption: Status shared with close friends will also remain completely secure and encrypted.
24 hour time frame: As usual, the status will automatically disappear after 24 hours.
When will this feature be available?
Currently this feature is available on WhatsApp Android and iOS beta version But it is in the testing phase. It is expected that it will be rolled out for all global users in the first half of the year 2026.