WhatsApp might soon start asking you for your birth year

Here’s how the prompt may look like when released publicly (Image Source – WABetaInfo)

For now, this feature is not available to the public. Although there’s no official reason given for this feature, it’s most likely connected to the laws that are currently in the works in the U.S.

It seems that Meta will not be showing your birth year within WhatsApp, and this prompt seems to only be for compliance with local laws.

It’s probable this prompt will appear to you if you live in a state with age verification laws (or you’re visiting).

These are currently the US states where verification laws have been passed:

• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Nebraska
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee

This means when this update rolls out publicly, you’ll probably see the prompt if you live in one of them. Of course, as with anything currently in beta, we don’t know exactly when this feature will be officially released. However, it’s probably going to be sooner rather than later so that WhatsApp can be compliant with the legislation.