WhatsApp has been testing a new privacy feature to help protect profile photos for the last two months. And it now appears that this feature is starting to roll out to users on the stable version of the popular messaging app.
New feature prevents users from taking screenshots of profile pictures
The new feature prevents users from taking screenshots of profile pictures. This will provide users with greater security and more control over who can access their content.
In the Beta test, attempts to capture a screenshot resulted in a black screen or the error message “can’t take a screenshot due to app restrictions.” Now, it appears that some users of the stable version of WhatsApp are receiving the same message.
Interestingly, this does not appear to be the case for all users, with some still being able to capture screenshots. We also noted that while we couldn’t take screenshots of individual profile pictures, we were still able to capture profile pictures in group chats.
