WhatsApp iPhone app getting a green dot to show who’s online

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/07/WhatsApp-iPhone-app-getting-a-green-dot-to-show-whos-online.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Last month, the beta version of the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/whatsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WhatsApp</a> Android app started showing a green dot for contacts who are online. The beta of the iPhone app is now doing the same.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The feature does seem to take care to protect <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">privacy</a> in a couple of ways, which is <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/23/instagram-encryption-u-turn-leaves-us-all-more-vulnerable/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">not always a given</a> with <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/meta/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Meta</a> apps … </p> via You searched for iphone - 9to5Mac https://ift.tt/FGyXghP