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WhatsApp is a messaging application that supports sending text, voice, images, and video over the internet to individual users and groups.

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WhatsApp finally gets usernames, letting users hide their phone numbers

WhatsApp is a messaging application that supports sending text, voice, images, and video over the internet to individual users and groups.

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TechSpot · 4h ago

WhatsApp finally gets usernames, letting users hide their phone numbers

Tom's Guide · 6h ago

WhatsApp usernames are rolling out soon — here's how to reserve yours

Neowin · 1d ago

WhatsApp is getting usernames, and you can reserve your preferred one now

Neowin · 5h ago

Can anybody message you on WhatsApp if they know your username?

MacRumors · 21h ago

WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve a Username

Ars Technica · 22h ago

US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree

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WhatsApp finally gets usernames, letting users hide their phone numbers TechSpot
Can anybody message you on WhatsApp if they know your username? Neowin
WhatsApp usernames are rolling out soon — here's how to reserve yours Tom's Guide
WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve a Username MacRumors

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Neowin · 2 articles

Ars Technica · 1 article

US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree

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WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve a Username

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WhatsApp finally gets usernames, letting users hide their phone numbers

Tom's Guide · 1 article

WhatsApp usernames are rolling out soon — here's how to reserve yours

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androidauthority.com

WhatsApp is finally adding usernames

Meta-owned WhatsApp is adding the option to claim a unique username, allowing users to message each other without sharing phone numbers.

1d ago Taylor Kerns

WhatsApp is rolling out usernames for better privacy: here's what you need to know, and how to claim yours

Instead of giving out your phone number to a prospective contact, you'll be able to share a username, which is a useful move in terms of shoring up privacy.

8h ago Darren Allan

androidpolice.com

WhatsApp usernames arrive later this year, but the handle land grab starts now

Beat the rush

23h ago Karandeep Singh Oberoi

WhatsApp username reservations go live this week

It will probably prove to be a mad dash since there are three billion people who use WhatsApp and a lot of them will want the same usernames.

arstechnica.com

US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree

Operation by two Russia-state groups has been ongoing since at least March.

22h ago Dan Goodin

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9to5Mac 3 articles

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WhatsApp channels are finally getting search on iPhone

Neowin 2 articles

Tracking: Can anybody message you on WhatsApp if they know your username? / WhatsApp is getting usernames, and you can reserve your preferred one now

Can anybody message you on WhatsApp if they know your username? WhatsApp is getting usernames, and you can reserve your preferred one now

BleepingComputer 2 articles

Tracking: WhatsApp rolls out usernames to help users hide their phone number / U.S. offers $10 million for hackers targeting WhatsApp, Signal users

WhatsApp rolls out usernames to help users hide their phone number U.S. offers $10 million for hackers targeting WhatsApp, Signal users

TechSpot 1 article

Tracking: WhatsApp finally gets usernames, letting users hide their phone numbers

WhatsApp finally gets usernames, letting users hide their phone numbers

Tom's Guide 1 article

Tracking: WhatsApp usernames are rolling out soon — here's how to reserve yours

WhatsApp usernames are rolling out soon — here's how to reserve yours

MacRumors 1 article

Tracking: WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve a Username

WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve a Username

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Hacker News · u/reconnecting · 1d ago

WhatsApp to let people chat without swapping phone numbers

WhatsApp to let people chat without swapping phone numbers

Hacker News · u/eRzy · 21d ago

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Hacker News · u/onemoresoop · 21d ago

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Hacker News · u/thm · 21d ago

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

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