Up to four devices can be used at once,” a notification that is shown in the latest beta build reads. “You don’t need to keep your phone connected to use WhatsApp on web, desktop and Portal. The latest Android beta build reportedly paves the way for a WhatsApp Web update that would allow users to chat with their contacts without having a connected phone. This is similar to how the whole thing works on Telegram, which can also be enabled on multiple devices and even on the desktop.Īnd it looks like WhatsApp uses its rival’s idea as a way to improve the service, as the company wants to bring such capabilities to its web interface. In other words, WhatsApp can be active on more devices at the same time, even though theoretically, only one phone number is being used.

Theoretically, with this new feature, WhatsApp would allow users to enable the messaging app on more than one device using just a phone number.

We’ve known for a while that WhatsApp was planning to bring multi-device support to its service, and now it looks like the work in this regard advances fast.įirst of all, what’s the multi-device support and how does it work?

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