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Get ready to claim your WhatsApp username.

It looks like WhatsApp is preparing to launch usernames for its messaging service. WABetaInfo has spotted a WhatsApp username feature inside the latest beta Android app, allowing users to pick a unique username for their account. Hopefully this lets WhatsApp users share their username instead of a phone number, very much like Telegram. We reached out to WhatsApp to comment on the unannounced feature, but the company says it has nothing to share right now.

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