Last June, during an interview Mark Zuckerberg offered the first details of multi-device support for WhatsApp, confirming that this feature would start reaching early adopters in a month or two. Well, that time has already come.
The mode Multi-device WhatsApp started to activate his Early access Thanks to its beta, which after more than a year of leaks finally this long-awaited feature begins to be a reality.
Multi-device WhatsApp
The multi-device support beta of the popular email client reached the lucky first in which WhatsApp allowed them to access the preview. Of course, at the moment this novelty is only tested in WhatsApp Beta.
To find out if we have been one of the selected accounts, just go Settings> Linked devices (or WhatsApp Web) and check if the new “Multi-Device Beta” option appears. If so, we can join the beta of its new multi-device mode.
Support for multiple devices WhatsApp will allow us to link our mobile with up to four additional devices (WhatsApp Web, WhatsApp Desktop or Portal) to continue chatting with our contacts even if we turned off the laptop. Not like now, that the mobile must be connected to be able to synchronize with our WhatsApp.
When we activate the beta of the multi-device, we will see how in WhatsApp Web or Desktop the beta icon appears to inform us that we are using a new version that does not depend on our mobile to work.
WhatsApp informs that our chats are not saved in the cloud and will be end-to-end encryption on all our devices. After 14 days of inactivity, the device is unpaired for security reasons.
It is expected that over the next few weeks, this phased launch of multi-device support for WhatsApp will start to gradually reach more users, so that it will reach the whole world throughout this. year. This, yes, For the moment, WhatsApp does not allow you to use the same WhatsApp account on several mobiles., only on computers.
Via | WABetaInfo
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