WhatsApp is developing a very practical feature of which it has so far been deprived. It will soon be possible to use the same number on several smartphones without going through WhatsApp web, an alternative that is certainly useful but not so comfortable.
With over two billion users, WhatsApp is one of the messaging apps used the world. Despite the many improvements it has experienced in recent years, some basic features are still missing. The fact that it is impossible to use the same account on several different smartphones is, for example, a serious handicap. But things are about to change.
WaBetaInfo, always on the lookout for features in development on the application, has just spotted the traces of this new option in the last beta (2.20.110) of WhatsApp. A notification notifies the user when their phone number is added on another device. "The encryption key then changes automatically and this event is notified in the chats", explains the site.
In other words, WhatsApp will allow you to configure the same number on other smartphones without blocking the use of the account on the previous device. If you've tried it in the past, you probably know you can't. The only alternative for cross-platform use is to go through WhatsApp Web.
It then becomes possible to read and send messages from a computer or another smartphone as long as the main device is connected to the Internet. For now, we don't yet know how use on multiple devices will work in practice. Unlike competitors like Skype and Facebook Messenger, messages are not stored on servers, but on the user's smartphone.
It's hard to imagine WhatsApp implementing cloud storage in the near future. Profound changes are needed in the structure of the application and the way it works. We can assume that it will be a matter of synchronizing the local backups in real time. Complicated, but not impossible. We will certainly know more in the coming weeks.
Source : WABetaInfo
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