{"id":902658,"date":"2026-06-30T08:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/902658\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:19:22","slug":"whatsapp-now-lets-you-reserve-a-username","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/902658\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve a Username"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular messaging app WhatsApp is now <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/its-time-to-reserve-your-whatsapp-username\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allowing users to reserve usernames<\/a> ahead of plans to launch username-based messaging. Right now, WhatsApp uses a person&#8217;s phone number as an identifier, but usernames will allow people to interact without having to exchange personal information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Whatsapp-Feature.jpg\"   alt=\"Whatsapp Feature\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1048579\"\/><br \/>Username reservations are rolling out starting this week, and not all users will have access to the reservation system right away. WhatsApp is sending a notification when a username can be reserved. Usernames are optional, and once access has been granted, a username can be selected by going to Settings &gt; Account &gt; Username. Usernames can be 3 to 35 characters in length.<\/p>\n<p>There are over three billion people on WhatsApp, and the company says it is opening up reservations early so &#8220;everyone has the opportunity to select the username that matters to them.&#8221; WhatsApp suggests users choose a unique name only contacts would know.<\/p>\n<p>Creators, small businesses, and organizations have the option to claim their existing Instagram or Facebook username on WhatsApp. Users who have a username on Instagram or Facebook can claim the same username on WhatsApp by choosing the Use Instagram username or Use Facebook username option, as long as it isn&#8217;t already taken.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp has no directory of usernames to browse, and no username discovery suggestions. People will need to know a WhatsApp user&#8217;s exact username to send a message, plus there is an optional username key that adds extra spam protection.<\/p>\n<p>Usernames will roll out gradually over the next few months. Once live, an account with a username set will no longer reveal a phone number when messaging a person or a business for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popular messaging app WhatsApp is now allowing users to reserve usernames ahead of plans to launch username-based messaging.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":902659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[158,67,132,68,4730],"class_list":["post-902658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-whatsapp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116838084472991242","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}