{"id":969357,"date":"2025-10-24T12:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=969357"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:44:28","slug":"whatsapp-is-changing-you-may-soon-message-without-a-phone-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/10\/24\/whatsapp-is-changing-you-may-soon-message-without-a-phone-number\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp is changing. You may soon message without a phone number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp may soon see a major change in the way it works. You may soon message people on WhatsApp without knowing their mobile numbers. Meta is reportedly working on bringing usernames to WhatsApp. If this feature comes, then WhatsApp users may not require a phone number to send messages. Before the feature goes live, WhatsApp may soon allow users to reserve a username. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about how the WhatsApp username will work, and what we can expect from the upcoming update.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp usernames are coming soon- What to expect<br \/>\nAccording to a WABetaInfo report, WhatsApp may soon allow users to reserve their usernames in advance before the update officially rolls out. Users will be able to pick any username as they desire, and this might not require sharing a phone number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp may soon see a major change in the way it works. You may soon message people on WhatsApp without knowing their mobile numbers. Meta is reportedly working on bringing usernames to WhatsApp. If this feature comes, then WhatsApp users may not require a phone number to send messages. Before the feature goes live, WhatsApp may soon allow users to reserve a username. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about how the WhatsApp username will work, and what we can expect from the upcoming update. WhatsApp usernames are coming soon- What to expect According to a WABetaInfo report, WhatsApp may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-telecom-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}