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WhatsApp rolling out multi-device capability
July 15, 2021
WhatsApp is rolling out a limited public beta test, which will bring multi-gadget capability to the platform. This will allow clients to get to the help on their phone and up to four other non-phone devices simultaneously. WhatsApp says clients will actually want to get to their messages on these different devices, regardless of whether their main phone’s battery has died. This will mark a change from the current setup where the phone stays the primary device for connectivity to continue on other devices.
Presently, WhatsApp linked to one account number only works on the phone. Clients have the choice of getting to it on their desktop through WhatsApp Web, yet it is subject to the phone for the connection to continue. With the new public beta, all of this will change.
In a blog post on the Facebook engineering site, the organization says in the new multi-device support, “Each companion device will connect with your WhatsApp independently while keeping up with a same level of privacy and security through end-to-end encryption”.
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