It’s a bit like At the beginning of the web. When the domains to choose were still few to have the right name was essential for position yourself well. Excellent The story of Porno.coma domain that was purchase and sold for huge figures from year to year. Last sighting: February 2015, sold for 8.9 million dollars. Something similar is about to happen with WhatsApp.
Let’s talk about Beta, the versions of the app that come released during the test phase to groups of users before being included in the official stores. The careful blog Wabetainfo has released the news of a new betafound in Android version. According to Wabetainfo, the functionality is used to start booking your username. At the moment it is a phase of “Active Development”, active development. It is not clear when it will be released. The latest beta update we dealt with concerned the creation of the stickers.
How the name of names on WhatsApp works
Gaurdando from first scanit seems that this feature is very similar to that of Telegram based on Handle concept. In short we are talking about an identification, a username precisely, introduced by @ which is used to contact the user directly without going from the phone number.
On WhatsApp you can now book the username: what it is and how it works
In Wabinfo’s advances you can see the User profile screen screen. Under all the items that are already read as a name and telephone number that also appears that Usernameanticipated by a handle. Here we read Reserve username: a detail that suggests the possibility of booking a username before the function is officially activated.
It is not clear at the moment if you can Create an account without using the phone number. In fact, it seems that the new function is currently an addition to the information that already appears. As we have already seen on Telegram once inserted and approved, the username may become possible to trace a person without having his number saved in the address book.
Whatsapp | The screen published by Wabinfo
The future of Whatsapp
Usually with Beta you have to be cautious. It is never sure if the platform that develops them wants to introduce them immediately, after time or test them simply to understand which direction to take. On the username, however, Whatsapp has been insisting for a long time. We had talked about it in August 2024 and there were new reports of Beta with this function in June 2025.
The company is working a lot for a function that could change the way We use the application. With a recognized username, users can be traced simply looking for a handle. In this way a More anonymous column system: We can spread our handle, without revealing the number.
