WhatsApp allows users to report each other with a new number

WhatsApp has added a new feature to its beta app for Android that allows users to send notifications to some or all contacts when switching mobile numbers.

WhatsApp has expanded the Change Number function with a notification option in test version 2.18.97 of the Android app, WaBetaInfo reports. The apps for iOS and Windows do not yet have the function, but according to the WhatsApp site, they will follow shortly.

Change Number can be found under the account settings after the update has been carried out. After entering the old and new number, the user is asked whether WhatsApp should send a notification about this to all contacts, the contacts with which chats have been conducted, or a selection of contacts.

It is an extension of the existing function in which groups will in any case receive a message that the number has been changed, and the chat history is preserved.