WhatsApp is rolling out a change that lets users save a contact’s username alongside their name and phone number when creating a new contact. The username entry appears in the contact creation screen between the first and last name fields and the phone number section.
The updates are tied to WhatsApp’s wider movement toward official usernames. As usernames become more widely available, WhatsApp also aims to populate the username field automatically when users add a contact from the chat information screen, according to reporting that references WABetaInfo. While some outlets frame the feature as part of the approach to an upcoming official rollout of usernames, they describe the same immediate user-facing behavior: the app now captures and stores a username at the time of contact creation, alongside standard contact details.
