WhatsApp will be rolling out three new privacy setting updates to further protect users privacy.

The social media app will soon allow users to select who gets to see if they are online, prevent others from taking screenshots of certain messages, and leave groups without notifying entire channels.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of parent company Meta, made the announcement today (August 9) on Facebook and Instagram.

According to Zuckerberg, the company will “keep building new ways to protect your messages and keep them as private and secure as face-to-face conversations”.

Two of the new privacy features will be seen by WhatsApp users at the end of this months.

These include the update that allows users to select who gets to see if they are online, and the update that allows persons to leave a group unnoticed.

The screenshot blocking tool, which will be made available on messages intended to be viewed just once, is still being tested and will be made available later, according to WhatsApp.