2021 is making the year of news for WhatsApp, and the next one to come will be one you’ve been wanting for a long time. It is about the option of being able to use WhatsApp multi-device and with the same number, that is, the same function that Telegram currently presents but applied to the green app. At the moment this function is in beta and only for Android devices, as we have left the WABetainfo application portal.
WhatsApp multi-device and offline
As this specialized portal indicates, when this new functionality is implemented, Up to four devices can be used with the same account. But perhaps the most interesting thing comes from the hand of something that is historical, and that its rival Telegram already made possible years ago. We talk about the possibility of not having the mobile device turned on to be able to access your chats from the computer.
These are some of the peculiarities of multi-device WhatsApp andn its beta version. Remember that not all users can use it.
- If you decide to join the cross-device beta, all your previous sessions will be deleted and you will have to pair your devices again. The app will probably ask you to connect your phone to WhatsApp Web or WhatsApp desktop twice when you join the multi-device beta the first time. In this way, a good transition between devices is ensured.
- Linked devices are automatically closed from your WhatsApp account after 14 days of inactivity on your phone. The reasons given by WhatsApp are security. This is not something that seems troublesome, as everyone does so often. In fact, it is the most popular and most downloaded mobile application in the world.
- Some features are not supported yet, because it is a beta versionsuch as the ability to view live locations on paired devices. Likewise, pinned chats do not appear immediately, but you will have to search for them manually the first time and, if you use WhatsApp Business, the name and labels of your company or business cannot be edited from WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop. The company is already working on solving these problems and inconveniences little by little.
It seems that this year 2021 is going to be the definitive takeoff of WhatsApp, at which point it will catch up with Telegram in terms of functionalities. There is no doubt that this new possibility is very interesting when it comes to exploring new functionalities of the application.
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