WhatsApp Will Get Its Own Contacts Book - Like Telegram

Initially available only in the web version and the Windows app, but later on other platforms.

In WhatsApp, a personal contact manager will soon be introduced, allowing users to save numbers directly in the app instead of in their phone book. If a user loses their smartphone or decides to change it, all numbers will remain accessible after reinstalling the messenger and logging into their account.

Initially, the contact book will be available only in the web version of WhatsApp and in the Windows app, but it will eventually be rolled out to other platforms. Contacts will be stored using Identity Proof Linked Storage (IPLS) technology, meaning they will be encrypted - only the user will have access to them.

According to the developers, after the contact book, WhatsApp will introduce a new username system, allowing users to log into their accounts without a phone number.

When exactly these innovations will be available to users is still unknown.