With this update, Android users will be able to control if they want to see the reactions for messages that they send to other WhatsApp users. The messaging app is already working on a similar feature for its iOS-based app. This update brings Reaction Notifications settings to WhatsApp's Android-based beta app. Separately, WhatsApp has also released the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.22.7 update. “If those privacy settings are not available for your WhatsApp account, it means they will be rolled out for your account at a later date,” the blog site reported. Notably, these new privacy settings are available to select beta users only. In the same screenshot, WhatsApp also reminds its users that calls made and messages sent from WhatsApp for Desktop app are covered by the company's end-to-end encryption technique and that users can use WhatsApp on up to four devices at the same time by using WhatsApp's new Desktop-based beta app.

In addition to that, WhatsApp users can also control Read Receipts using the click of a button, manage blocked contacts and access group settings once they have downloaded the latest beta version of the app on their smartphones.

As per the screenshot shared by the blog site, users can control privacy settings pertaining to Last Seen, Profile Photo, and About sections of the app.

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