WhatsApp confirms the function of linking an account on four different devices

The WhatsApp It is still one of the most used applications in the world. Every day they are sent million messages The company has not stopped launching new tools with the intent of users getting the functionality they need. In this sense, one of the most popular requests was the possibility of obtaining Same account on multiple devicesoption that has not yet come.

Remember that it is currently only possible to associate a WhatsApp account with a cell phone number, and the only option to see it on another device is to enable the web version. But it cannot be obtained as an app on another smartphone. Also, if the phone battery or internet access runs out, the chats cannot be accessed. Fortunately, this may be about to change.

WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart confirmed to WABetaInfo that the company is working on a feature that will allow multiple devices to be linked to a single account. As he said, it will be possible to sync the account on up to four devices.

However, the platform noted that it’s pretty cool technical challenge Synchronize all messages and content on different computers, but they expect to launch the option in about a couple of months.

More new features in WhatsApp

The possibility of having the account on multiple devices wasn’t the only news the company shared. They also announced that they are working on developing Messages that disappear as soon as they are read.

Under the same dynamic they will launch what they call View Once . profile, function allows only Show photos and videos for a moment in chat, then disappear permanently.

Today we have a choice delete messageHowever, the effect of this work remains. There are also ephemeral messages, but they disappear even after a week.

What we can expect in a future update is that the deletion is automatic and instant.

Another novelty they shared is that they will be releasing an iPad compatible version of WhatsApp, in fact the app will soon arrive in beta for testing.

WhatsApp confirms new features

As mentioned earlier, the information about the new functions has been published by WABetaInfo which is specialized in WhatsApp which we have mentioned on several occasions which contains advanced news such as dark mode or search for stickers.

They were surprised at the portal that the CEO of WhatsApp called them to discuss some of the following functions that will come to the application. The CEO appreciated the work of the site, which was designed with the goal of making it easier for users to understand and learn about new features of the app, as only people who know the code can access that information.

WABetaInfo turned five years old in January and became a reference in terms of WhatsApp, so much so that the call they made with the company joined Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook who was responsible for confirming the aforementioned characteristics.

According to the site, Zuckerberg told them that the most important interaction between people is private messagesSo they are developing other features to keep chatting and messaging private.

However, none of the executives has commented on when the new features will be available to users. So now we have to wait for the new tools to be enabled.

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