WhatsApp is testing a feature that lets you control who sees your phone number

WhatsApp introduced the Username feature in June. It hasn’t been fully rolled out yet, but users can already reserve their usernames. WhatsApp introduced usernames with a focus on privacy, allowing its users to communicate without knowing each other’s phone numbers. Building on that, WhatsApp is now testing a feature that grants users granular control over their phone number visibility.

This revelation comes from WABetaInfo, which discovered the development in beta version 2.26.45.1 of WhatsApp for Android. The publication reports that WhatsApp’s new privacy feature for phone numbers has…