Another new safety feature coming to WhatsApp is the ability to hide your phone number in Communities. The latter is a fairly new group messaging system on the app that hosts multiple sub-groups.

WhatsApp is working on a privacy update. For the first time ever, the platform is preparing to let users hide their phone numbers by creating usernames, something that has been a long-standing ...

Perhaps most importantly, this will enable you to hide your phone number from other users you're interacting with on the platform, as you'll have the option to choose your username show instead.

WhatsApp is working on a feature that allows users to set a username and possibly hide their phone number from others.