All the WhatsApp users can now hide their profile picture also, along with their last seen and status updates from some contacts at their wish. Generally, you can choose between showing your profile picture, last seen details and status updates to everyone, all your contacts or nobody at all. The new update adds a new option named, “My contacts except…”
This option is helpful for the users to set their profile picture, last seen and other contact details to show to all contacts except a few pre-selected ones who will not be capable of seeing these elements. WhatsApp now has a total of 4 privacy control settings with the new option. These are as follows.
Everyone :
Your last seen, profile photo, about or status will be available to all WhatsApp users.
My Contacts :
Your last seen, profile photo, about or status will be available to your contacts from your address book only.
My Contacts Except…
Your last seen, profile photo, about or status will be viewed by your contacts from your address book, except those you exclude.
Nobody
Your last seen, profile photo, about or status cannot be viewed by anyone.
Moreover, the app also introduced new features for group calls recently. These contain banner notifications for people who join the call and the ability to mute and message individual people in the group call.