| 2026-06-30 |
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If you want the same username on WhatsApp as on Instagram, you may have to link your Instagram account.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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If a username is already associated with someone on Instagram or Facebook, another person will not be able to take it on WhatsApp.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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WhatsApp says its basic rules are not changing: a mobile number will still be mandatory for every account, and no one can use WhatsApp without a phone number.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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The username key feature will be off by default and users will have to enable it themselves.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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For security, WhatsApp has provided a 'username key' feature — a special four-digit code; if enabled, knowing the username alone is not enough and the other person must also know the four-digit code to contact you.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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For someone to contact you, they must know your exact username.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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WhatsApp says there will be no public list of usernames in the app, so people cannot find you by searching a directory.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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Jasveer Singh, co-founder of a dating app company, said that this same facility on Telegram became helpful for criminals, and he fears the same could happen on WhatsApp.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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Many people believe that after usernames arrive, WhatsApp could become like Telegram, where anyone can contact others using any username without their real identity being known.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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There is significant controversy on social media about this new feature.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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WhatsApp will now work like X and Instagram, where your identity is your username and the other person does not learn your phone number.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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Under the new feature, users can choose a separate username instead of their name and be contacted through it.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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With the new feature, sharing your mobile number will no longer be necessary every time to connect with people on WhatsApp.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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WhatsApp's new feature is called the Username feature.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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WhatsApp's new username feature will not change core rules — a mobile number remains mandatory for every account, there will be no public username directory, and an optional four-digit username key can restrict who contacts you.
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| 2026-06-29 |
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After this news broke, 'hair wig' and 'hair transplant' became top searches on Google Trends in India, with search interest reaching 100 on Google on 23 June, the day the news came out.
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| 2026-06-16 |
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Criminals prefer Telegram over WhatsApp because a Telegram group can have 2 lakh members versus WhatsApp's 1,024, allows 4 GB file sharing versus 2 GB, permits accounts on virtual numbers across multiple devices, and is harder for police to track.
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