Last September, WhatsApp started working on the feature that lets you hide your last seen status from specific people. A few months later in November, the feature arrived in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android. As WABetaInfo reports, the feature is now available on WhatsApp’s beta channel for iOS.
According to WABetaInfo‘s report, the ‘My contacts except…’ option under the privacy settings is available in the WhatsApp beta for iOS version 22.9.0.70. However, the feature is getting a limited rollout, and hence, you may not see it even if you are on the same WhatsApp build.
As we mentioned in our previous coverage, do keep in mind that hiding your last seen status from someone doesn’t mean that they won’t see your online status. WhatsApp users will continue to see the ‘Online’ indicator under your name in the conversation window even if you have hidden your last seen status from them. Furthermore, WhatsApp won’t show you the last seen status of people in your hidden list.
