WhatsApp could copy Snapchat’s screenshot detection for your status (APK teardown)

Is this a sign that WhatsApp will block screenshots of statuses or will it take the Snapchat approach?

Apr 16, 2025 - 10:37
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WhatsApp could copy Snapchat’s screenshot detection for your status (APK teardown)
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Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
  • An Android Authority teardown has revealed that WhatsApp could get screenshot detection for the status feature.
  • This comes over a decade after Snapchat first introduced screenshot detection for its stories.
  • There’s no sign just yet that WhatsApp will actually tell users when someone takes a screenshot of their status.

WhatsApp has offered the status feature for a while now, following in Snapchat‘s footsteps. Now, it looks like the Meta-owned platform might be copying another Snapchat feature.