WhatsApp may soon offer an alternate profile

WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users to set up an alternate profile on the app, a feature tracker has revealed.

The Meta-owned messaging platform is working on the ability to show some users your default profile while displaying another one to other users, NDTV reports. 

Meanwhile, the service has also begun testing a new feature that allows beta testers on Android to seek a video with a double tap gesture on the left and right sides of the screen.

Spotted by WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo on the latest beta version of the messaging app for Android phones, the "alternate profile" feature is designed to offer a privacy alternative for users who utilise the profile-related settings on the messaging app.

Beta testers who have updated to WhatsApp for Android beta 2.23.24.4, which contains the code that was spotted, will not be able to try out the feature as it is still in development.

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