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mautrix / whatsapp

A Matrix-WhatsApp puppeting bridge
https://maunium.net/go/mautrix-whatsapp
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Ability to set name or rename WhatsApp contact display name #86

Open MurzNN opened 4 years ago

MurzNN commented 4 years ago

At now WhatsApp bridge bot don't provide any command to change display name for WhatsApp contact, so for contacts not in device addressbook I see names like whatsapp_71234567890.

And when WhatsApp application runs on virtual server, there are not too easy to open native app for add contact to address book and set name.

Will be good to implement function for set name or rename display name for WhatsApp contact via bridge. If renaming on WhatsApp side is not possible due to API restrictions, maybe implement rename on Matrix bridge side?

dreamflasher commented 4 years ago

Even with running whatsapp on a phone, the contact name is not synced. Bonus points for also syncing the contact photo.

EDIT: After a few hours some messages, names and photos appeared… seems relatively unstable.

olmari commented 4 years ago

Well... Syncing (names, profile, etc) hasn't had good track record on me either, but it's totally separate issue.

renaudallard commented 4 years ago

For group chats, this feature would really be helpful

Ondolin commented 2 years ago

Is there an update in this issue?

AdriDevelopsThings commented 2 years ago

Why does nobody of the developers comment to this issue, since 2 years?

tulir commented 2 years ago

Syncing names works just fine, so adding a way to set them manually is very low priority (probably won't happen unless someone contributes it).

jswetzen commented 2 years ago

What do I have to do to get contact names to sync? sync contacts just gave me numbers for everyone.