WhatsApp Wants You to Forget About Phone Numbers, Meta Won’t
On June 29, 2026, Meta-owned WhatsApp confirmed what leaks and beta testers had been hinting at for months: after 17 years of building its entire identity system around phone numbers, the app is rolling out usernames. Users can now reserve a unique handle-three to 35 characters, lowercase letters, numbers, periods, and underscores only-that can eventually […]
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