Meta-owned WhatsApp is on the verge of introducing a feature which would allow a user to send a message to an unsaved number.
Currently, on the WhatsApp platform, you cannot send a message to a number you have not saved onto your contact list.
This is about to change because according to a report from WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo, the company is working on letting users text those numbers that are not saved on their smartphones. This was first reported by News18. According to News 18, “the report shows that tapping on an unsaved number that has been sent on a chat will open an in-app menu that allows users to chat with the person if they are on WhatsApp. The in-app menu also allows users to call these unsaved numbers and give them an option to save the contact.”
Android Authority has also verified the report, stating that the beta version they are running shows the said in-app menu. It however says this solution isn’t perfect though, as it requires someone to either send the number to you or for you to send the unsaved number to another contact. So hopefully we should see more work in this direction to improve sending messages to unsaved contacts.
