Show Online Device Status in Chat Window in WPS on macOS: Introduction

Show Online Device Status in Chat Window in WPS is a collaboration visibility feature for enterprise chat; it includes 2 core tasks, with 2 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	2	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	2	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

Show Online Device Status in Chat Window lets enterprise teams display whether a user is currently online and what type of device they are using in WPS collaboration chat. After the setting is turned on, online device status can appear in one-to-one chat windows, profile cards, and similar contact views.

This feature is designed for enterprise administrators who want a consistent chat visibility setting across the organization. It helps team members judge whether a contact is online and whether that person is more likely working from a desktop or a mobile device.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A macOS device that can access WPS Office and enterprise management pages
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office and available collaboration services
Network	A stable internet connection is required to load chat status and admin settings
Other	Enterprise administrator permissions are required to access the related management page

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS and confirm that collaboration chat and related enterprise management entries are available

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Enterprise admins can turn on Show Online Device Status in Chat Window in chat message settings. After it is enabled, online status and device type can appear in one-to-one chat windows, profile cards, and similar views.	Teams provides presence states such as Available, Busy, Away, and Offline, and presence can be aggregated based on the most recently active device.	Google Chat supports availability status and calendar status. In direct messages, calendar status can appear near the user name, while group conversations and spaces do not show calendar status.	Notion help content focuses on notifications, comments, and Inbox collaboration rather than a directly equivalent chat-window online device status feature.	Adobe Acrobat focuses on PDF work, sharing, comments, and Microsoft Teams extensions rather than a directly equivalent chat-window online device status feature.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: Admins can centrally control whether online device status is shown in chat windows. Distinct: The display is described for direct chat windows and profile cards, which supports quick communication decisions.	Compared with WPS: Teams emphasizes presence states and multi-device aggregation, but the cited page does not describe a chat-window device-type display entry.	Compared with WPS: Google Chat emphasizes availability and calendar status, but the cited page does not describe online device-type display in chat windows.	Compared with WPS: Notion is centered more on asynchronous notifications and comments than chat-based online device visibility.	Compared with WPS: Adobe centers on document workflows and integrations instead of the same kind of chat presence display.
Official Source	—	User presence in Teams	Change your availability status in Google Chat	Notification settings	Access Acrobat on the web

Overall Conclusion
WPS offers a direct admin-controlled path for showing online device status inside enterprise chat views. Microsoft Teams and Google Chat both provide status-related capabilities, but their public documentation focuses more on presence or calendar-linked availability. Notion and Adobe do not present a directly equivalent chat-window device status workflow in the cited official pages.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable For	Pain Point	Solution
1	Check whether a contact is online before sending a message	Enterprise members	It is hard to judge whether the other person is currently available	Turn on the feature and view online device status in a direct chat window
2	Identify the contact's current device type	Cross-device workers	It is unclear whether the other person is on desktop or mobile	View device type in the chat window and profile card
3	Apply a unified chat visibility rule	Enterprise administrators	Chat visibility rules are inconsistent across members	Use the admin setting to turn the feature on or off centrally
4	Recognize status quickly from a profile card	Teams with frequent communication	Users still need extra confirmation after opening a profile	Show status directly in the profile card
5	Adjust collaboration visibility policy	Admin and IT teams	The organization needs a consistent visibility policy	Manage the display centrally with the setting switch

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Feature	Free Users	WPS Premium
Show Online Device Status in Chat Window	Available when enabled by the enterprise administrator	Available when enabled by the enterprise administrator
Basic office and chat collaboration	Available	Available, with access to additional advanced benefits
PDF, templates, and AI-related extras	Some capabilities are limited	More advanced capabilities are available, depending on the subscription page

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Scenario	Recommended Plan	Why
You only need chat status display and basic collaboration	Free	This feature itself does not require membership
You also need broader PDF, template, or AI capabilities	WPS Premium	Suitable for users who want more advanced office-related benefits in the same subscription

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