Use WhatsApp ~name rather than number as name when importing a WhatsApp-only contact
When importing contacts from WhatsApp, any contacts not already in my contacts are added with their phone number as their name. Because they're now in my contacts, this hides their actual name (which appears as ~XYZin WhatsApp). It would be great if you can import their ~ name as their name in the automatically imported contact.
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Sep 15, 2025
WhatsApp Sync will now use the actual name (or username) as a fallback when a contact is not saved in the phone book. We recommend reconnecting your WhatsApp accounts to automatically update the names of existing contacts.
Ritwik Manan
Sep 13, 2025
Guys we really need this fixed - all my contact names from whatsApp have all been overridden with phone numbers??
I was using the 2 way CardDAV sync that you guys have which might be exacerbating the problem!
Sep 12, 2025
Sep 11, 2025