A few weeks ago we learned that WhatsApp is preparing one of the most anticipated innovations of recent times: using the same account on two mobile phones at the same time. Now we have more details about it from WaBetaInfo.
We know a little better how WhatsApp manages the use of the same account on two different mobile phones. To do this, the application works in two different modes: normal mode and default mode. friend anyone companion app.
This will be WhatsApp companion mode
Last year, WhatsApp drastically changed the way the app works on WhatsApp Web and PC: instead of syncing with the mobile app and requiring you to keep your phone on and connected to the internet, the new multi-device mode lets you chat. independently, but not on different mobile phones.
The possibility of using WhatsApp on several mobile phones has been reduced to a so-called second version of the multi-device mode, about which we are beginning to have some additional information. As they discovered on WaBetaInfo, the way this multi-device mode works is a WhatsApp’s new friend mode.
The new WaBetaInfo screenshot explains a little better how this mod will work. With, your WhatsApp on your mobile will serve as a secondary device For a WhatsApp account set up on another mobile device, similar to how WhatsApp for Windows or WhatsApp Web work.
The screenshot says that while using the companion mode, any other WhatsApp accounts you used on that phone will be deleted along with all the messages and multimedia files on the phone. In other words, you will have to choose between using WhatsApp normally (creating an account, getting a verification code, etc.) or if you are going to use it to read messages from an account. already configured on another mobile phone.
One of the most interesting changes this new mod will bring is, Opens the door to using WhatsApp on an iPad or Android tablet officially, but to do so you must first launch a version of your app better adapted for big screens.
via | WaBetaInfo