Install shelter and have a isolated work profile for my intrusive apps
But im still stubborn with not using whatsapp and my banking apps have passed safetybet luckily.
You could also look at setting up a matrix server whatsapp bridge… but maybe thats a selfhosting server thing and not android per se
Jumped to it after ubuntu. Love it.
Snapper has saved me multiple times.
Its otherwise very stable.
Up to date applications is great.