WhatsApp, yesterday, announced that its users will soon be able to access their accounts from up to four linked devices. This long-rumored multi-device support will be entering public beta two months from now.
Why did it take so long?
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has said that it’s been a real struggle getting the app to function properly across devices. The CEO, however, said, “… but we’ve solved this and we’re looking forward to getting it out soon!”
That’s not all! The CEO also confirmed a ‘view once’ feature which will allow users to send pictures and videos that disappear after they have been viewed.
Zuckerberg has said that the new feature will not compromise the end-to-end encryption that WhatsApp offers for messages sent between individuals.
According to him, “It’ll still be end-to-end encrypted. It’s been a big technical challenge to get all your messages and content to sync properly across devices even when your phone battery dies, but we’ve solved this and we’re looking forward to getting it out soon!”
WhatsApp is yet to announce when the “view once” and “disappearing mode” features will roll out. However, Will Cathcart. WhatsApp CEO, confirmed that the multi-device support will be entering public beta “in the next month or two.”
Alongside multi-device support, WABetaInfo also reported that WhatsApp is working on a new password-protected encrypted chat backup feature which could finally allow users to transfer their chat histories between iOS and Android devices.
WABetaInfo has previously discovered numerous features before their official release, including adding contacts via QR codes and WhatsApp’s disappearing messages feature.
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