It can be said that WhatsApp is generally relatively late to the new features party. Although we are not talking about the messaging app most used in the worldmany features appear first on its competitor Telegram and land on Meta product after a long time.

For example, in recent months WhatsApp has started working on or has already rolled out features such as channels, video notes, and multi-device support. The messaging app is already preparing its next innovation.

Multiple accounts, one app

While there are currently a few tricks to using several WhatsApp accounts from a mobile phone such as duplicating the application on Android, if we stick to what the service offers, this is this is not possible. In Telegram this is different, you can just go Settings and add multiple accounts with different phone numbers.

Well, WhatsApp will soon have a similar function. The development team has been working on the possibility of using multiple accounts from the official app for mobile for a while, but it was this week when we learned that some users of the beta version started receiving it.

This initial distribution resulted in more information about WhatsApp multiple account supportlets us know not only how it works, but also what it looks like. As we see in the WABetaInfo screenshots, the section Settings You get a new button next to the QR code to share the contact.

Multiple account support on WhatsApp

Clicking this new button will display a box at the bottom showing the name of the active account with the text Add Account. When there is more than one account registered in the app, it is the same box that allows you to switch between accounts quickly and without needing to add them again.

As expected, each account’s chats and settings are independent and nevertheless remain isolated from the rest. in the same app. This is good news for all users who, for various reasons, have several personal phone numbers and have to use multiple devices.

They point out from WaBetaInfo that multi-account support is starting to appear on some test devices of versions 2.23.17.7 and 2.23.17.8 of WhatsApp for Android. There is no news yet that iOS will come to beta versions. Regarding its widespread deployment, we will have to wait.

Images: Mouriza Zativa | WABeta Info | also the MONTH

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