There is no doubt that WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging application in the world today. There are, however, some risks associated with this popularity. When someone adds you on WhatsApp, they can view your profile picture, stories, and status. It may not be appropriate for professional settings to view some of this information. The Alternate Profile feature in WhatsApp aims to solve these problems.
WhatsApp Alternate Profile provides users with the privacy they desire. The company has been working on this feature for some time, which allows users with private accounts to create a secondary profile. By doing this, only a secondary profile picture is visible to the other person, keeping your personal information private.
Using the same profile, you can keep your spouse happy and present a more professional image in the business world. Currently, the feature is in development and quite new. Due to this, it is unclear how it will work or how you can allow others to view your primary profile.
There have been some debates about this feature, of course. There are some users who find WhatsApp’s Alternate Profile feature useful, while there are others who believe it could be problematic in both professional and personal relationships. In the end, how you use this feature is entirely up to you. Some even call it “assisting scammers” and “destroying relationships.”
Note that this feature is different from Multi-Account Support, which allows you to use two WhatsApp accounts on a single device. You are not using two separate accounts here, but different profiles associated with your account.
