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WhatsApp introduces contact storing directly within the app, teases usernames


WhatsApp announced today a new feature that will allow users to save contacts within the app. That means that even if you lose your phone or link a new

That means that even if you lose your phone or link a new device to your primary number, you will see all the contacts stored within WhatsApp in a cloud storage. If a new person messaged you on the app, and you wanted to save their details, the information would be stored locally on your device. “Usernames on WhatsApp will add an extra degree of privacy so that you don’t need to share your phone number when messaging someone,” the company said in a blog post.

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