Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that WhatsApp is finally rolling out the option for users to log into the messaging app from more than one phone.
\nTaking to Facebook, Zuckerberg announced: \u201cStarting today, you can log into the same WhatsApp account on up to four phones.\u201d
\nTo date, WhatsApp users have only been able to use one WhatsApp account on one phone \u2014 a setting that users have always complained about.
\n\u201cYour WhatsApp account can only be verified with one registered phone number. If you have a dual SIM phone, please note that you still must choose one number to verify with WhatsApp. There is no option to have a verified WhatsApp account with two different phone numbers,\u201d the WhatsApp FAQs.
\nHowever, currently, users can connect WhatsApp on the web, android tablets, companion phones, and other devices by linking up to four devices to their primary phone at a time.
\nAccording to WhatsApp, the new feature \u2014 which will allow users\u2019 messages to be synced across devices including other phones \u2014 will be rolled out to all users within the coming weeks.
\nTherefore, if one device is switched off, users will be able to access the app on other devices.
\nWhatsApp \u2014 with more than 2 billion users \u2014 is one of the biggest messaging services. However, its lack of multi-phone support was a result of full end-to-end encryption support for chats and calls.
\nHowever, back in 2021, the company started testing multi-device compatibility with select beta users.
\nMeta \u2014 formerly known as Facebook \u2014 announced two years ago that it had developed new technology to sync messages across devices without compromising end-to-end encryption protection.
\nWhatsApp competitors like Telegram and Messenger already offer multi-device sync for messages; however, they didn\u2019t have support for end-to-end encryption.
\nIn the following year, WhatsApp rolled out its multi-device feature for all, but it didn\u2019t support multiple phones.
\nWhatsApp is also rolling out a new way to link devices using a one-time code.
\nA blog post of the company announced: \u201cYou can now get a one-time-use code by entering your mobile number on WhatsApp Web, which you can use to link devices instead of scanning the QR code on your mobile phone. We\u2019ll make this feature available for more linked devices in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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