How to protect WhatsApp with your fingerprint or face on Android and iPhone

We will teach you how to protect your WhatsApp on both iOS and Android using biometric systems for your phone. It’s a somewhat hidden option in the settings, But this is very useful when it comes to Make your WhatsApp more private

The only requirement is to have Android with fingerprint reader or iPhone with Touch / Face ID. We teach you how to protect WhatsApp with fingerprint and face recognition.

Protect WhatsApp with fingerprint on Android

The process of protecting WhatsApp on Android with a fingerprint is simple, You just have to follow the steps that we show you below.

• Open WhatsApp
• Settings
• account
• Privacy
• Fingerprint lock
• Fingerprint unlock

It’s a few steps but in less than a minute Our WhatsApp will be protected from prying eyes. If we activate this function, we will have to use the fingerprint every time we want to open the WhatsApp application.

Once activated, we can choose if we want Lock it immediately after 1 minute or after 30 minutes. Likewise, on Android we can still see preview content in notifications, although this option can be blocked to improve privacy further.

Protect WhatsApp with Face ID and Touch ID in iPhone

In the event that we use an iPhone, we can use Touch ID or Face ID to protect WhatsApp. These are the steps to do so.

• Open WhatsApp
• session
• account
• Privacy
• Fingerprint lock
• Fingerprint unlock

In the case of the iPhone, We can make WhatsApp crash immediately, after a minute or 15 minutes or an hour, Options are somewhat different from those of Android.