WhatsApp Multi-Device Support Coming Soon to Beta Users on Android: Report

WhatsApp has been working on multi-device support for quite some fourth dimension, and a new report now suggests that the company might be finally getting ready to roll out the feature to its users globally. That's co-ordinate to reliable WhatsApp tipster, WABetaInfo, which claims that the feature is in its concluding stages of private beta testing and should roll out any time now as part of the app's public beta program on the Play Store.

On its official blog, WABetaInfo likewise shared some more details virtually the upcoming characteristic. Evidently, some of the multi-device functionalities of the app are not yet ready, just the nigh important ones, like syncing chant history, muting your chats, starring/delivering messages etc., are all fully functional. The screenshot beneath shows the feature in action in an unreleased (and unspecified) Android build, revealing that the app will come up with a toggle to enable beta users to opt-in to the new feature.

WhatsApp Multi-Device Support Coming Soon to Beta Users on Android: Report — Screenshot Courtesy: WABetaInfo

According to WABetaInfo, enabling the toggle would mean that "all other linked devices will exist able to piece of work without a connection with your phone". However, given that the feature is still very much a piece of work in progress, it'south non immediately articulate as to when information technology will actually be available on WhatsApp beta.

Meanwhile, the study does not explicitly say that the feature will allow people to utilize the same WhatsApp account on multiple devices at the aforementioned time without existence disconnected from the chief device, only that will very probable be the case. Still, the characteristic is still nether development, and things often change before the public release, so nosotros'll have to wait and watch how this plays out going forward.