WhatsApp Soon to Get Recently Online List for Recommend Contacts to Users

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will reportedly suggest contacts you can reach out to. The feature recently appeared in a list called Online that shows the names of contacts who have recently logged in to the app. The report speculates that the feature is intended to help users clean up who is more likely to respond when they text or call. However, it will not show people who are currently online, but only those who have recently used the app.

WhatsApp update tracker from WABetaInfo Report According to , the instant messaging platform is testing a new feature that was spotted in the WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.8.10.70 update via the TestFlight app. The report also notes that some beta testers may have access to the new feature, although it has not been rolled out broadly in the beta app. The special thing is that the same feature was also introduced in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.9.14 build, which shows that both the platforms can soon get this feature in their apps.

Based on screenshots shared by the publication, the Recently Online list appears only on the New Chat and New Call screens, where users select a contact to text or call. Here, below the basic menu options, you will see a new section highlighting contacts that were recently online. It is not clear what recent online means and what is the time limit after which a name is removed from the list.

according to the report, WhatsApp This feature will not show a list of people who are currently online, or when they were last online. It is possible that this has been done to protect the privacy of the users. Apart from this, those users who have not cleared their last seen for anyone will not be visible in this list. At present it is not known whether those users will be able to see the recent online list or not. This feature is currently in beta, but the report claims that it can be introduced to users globally in the coming weeks.