Instagram-inspired status updates with just your inner circle on WhatsApp soon!

Last month, Meta launched new user privacy-centric feature that would make WhatsApp unhackable. Called, 'Strict Account Settings', it is a new lockdown-style feature that promises to thwart highly complex Pegasus-like spyware attacks on WhatsApp users.

Now, the company is testing a new feature that allows users to share their update to a few friends, reported WABetaInfo, citing the latest WhatsApp beta v2.25.25.2 for Android.

The new feature is similar to Instagram's status update, which can notified only to close friends.

WhatsApp will offer the option to create a list of close friends and the status update will be visible to only to the seleected people.

WhatsApp to offer custom list to share status update.

This is good option to have, as people will be able to celebrate personal milestones with best friends and family members on Instagram privately.

In a related development, Meta-owned company is planning to bring an optional premium plan.

The new subscription includes exclusive stickers, app themes, the ability to pin more than three chats, app icon customisation, and a dedicated set of new chat ringtones.

The upcoming subscription feature is optional, and there is no compulsion for users to pay any fees to operate WhatsApp.

It remains to be seen how much the subscription fees will be on WhatsApp; how soon it will be implemented, and what the customers' reactions will be.

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