Venmo is redesigning its app with a very useful privacy feature. With the new app, during the onboarding process, you will be able to set whether you want your posts to be viewable by everyone by default, only by your friends, or viewable only to you. This is important because a lot of people may not know that the default has so far been sharing with everyone.
You will of course be able to change whatever setting you choose during the onboarding at any later point via the app’s settings. There’s also an updated flow for sending money which will make it obvious whether that transaction will be seen only by you, by your friends, or by everyone.
According to Venmo SVP and GM Alexis Sowa, this is being done to give users “more visibility and control over what they share because for us it’s critical that they actually have trust in the Venmo experience”. The redesigned app is currently rolling out in stages on Android and iOS over the coming weeks, starting with a new look for the feed.
