New Delhi. In today’s modern era, you can easily talk to anyone sitting anywhere in the world with just one finger and the easiest way to do this is social media. There are forms of social media, one of which is WhatsApp. Through WhatsApp, you can have a private chat with anyone anywhere in the world sitting at home. But you might be having a doubt in your mind whether my chats are reaching the other person safely. Now to address this concern, Meta has introduced a new feature in WhatsApp, through this new feature your chats will become even more secure. In this news we are going to give you complete information about this new feature.
What is this new update?
WhatsApp had announced this new update earlier this year. In the new update, users are getting a new secret code feature, now the question in your mind will be what will be the benefit of the new secret code feature. Let us tell you that when you give your phone to another person, he will not be able to read any of your secret chats. Through this secret code you can lock any of your private chats.
How will it be used?
Let us tell you that in this secret chat lock, users will get options like PIN, passcode, fingerprints or face unlock. This information was given by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself. According to them, chat locked with secret code will not be visible in your main chat list. After this new update, you will have to go to the Settings of the app, go from Chat Lock setting to Hide Lock Chat and then enter the secret code, and you will also have to remember this code.
In this you will see a shortcut for locked chat like archive chat, but it will not be visible in the main chat list. A secret code will have to be given every time you want to view a chat, and once the setting is done, only you will be able to view that chat.