WhatsApp testing privacy feature to protect phone number in communities

In late 2022, WhatsApp introduced Communities, a channel to connect multiple groups together under one umbrella to organize group conversations on WhatsApp such as neighborhoods, parents at school, and workplaces.

However, some people had expressed concerns that their numbers are exposed in some groups, which they don’t like it to be displayed.

Now, the Meta-owned company is working on a feature to protect the user’s phone number appearing on the Communities group, reported WABetaInfo citing the latest beta of Android (v2.23.14.19 and iOS (v23.14.0.70).