{"id":56567,"date":"2020-07-29T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2680140"},"modified":"2020-07-29T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:30:00","slug":"whatsapp-multi-device-feature-enabled-in-latest-android-beta-supports-up-to-4-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-multi-device-feature-enabled-in-latest-android-beta-supports-up-to-4-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"WHATSAPP MULTI-DEVICE FEATURE ENABLED IN LATEST ANDROID BETA, SUPPORTS UP TO 4 DEVICES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"big\" class=\"article-video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"WhatsApp multi-device feature enabled in latest Android beta, supports up to 4 devices\" src=\"https:\/\/static.digit.in\/default\/cfdd2cc7ec00c8ede3c3246c373d433c0262bfb8.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp multi-device feature enabled in latest Android beta, supports up to 4 devices\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.digit.in\/default\/cfdd2cc7ec00c8ede3c3246c373d433c0262bfb8.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"blocket\">\n<div class=\"Heading-highlights\" data-index=\"1\" data-lang=\"en\" data-cat=\"Article_En_Scroll\" data-eventaction=\"News\" data-proname=\"News Highlights\">HIGHLIGHTS<\/div>\n<h2>The latest WhatsApp beta for Android devices have the new Linked Devices feature.<\/h2>\n<h2>Multiple device support will require the user to enter their mobile number and a code they will receive as an SMS. This additonal code needs to be entered in the new device that you may want to link to your account.<\/h2>\n<h2>The beta app has support for 4 devices at present and WABetaInfo states WhatsApp is working to create a UI to manage linked devices.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"inside-container\">\n<p>WhatsApp is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/news\/apps\/whatsapp-multi-device-feature-coming-soon-54668.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">planning to roll out multi-device support.<\/a>&nbsp;The news has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/news\/mobile-phones\/whatsapp-users-will-soon-be-able-to-use-one-account-on-different-devices-simultaneously-report-49420.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doing the rounds for quite some time<\/a>&nbsp;now, and according to a new report, the feature could be called &lsquo;Linked Devices&rsquo;, where users can add a linked device by using unique codes generated by the app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Normal-add\"><span class=\"adsAdvert\">Advertisements<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The report comes courtesy the alert folks at WABetaInfo, who in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WABetaInfo\/status\/1287125331908931586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent tweet<\/a>&nbsp;claimed that multiple device support will require the user to enter their mobile number and a code they will receive as an SMS. This additonal code needs to be entered in the new device that you may want to link to your account.<\/p>\n<h2>WHATSAPP MULTI-DEVICE SUPPORT IS ENABLED IN LATEST ANDROID BETA<\/h2>\n<p>It&rsquo;s essentially the same process that one goes through when logging in to WhatsApp on a new device. However, instead of WhatsApp not working on the older device, now both devices will be able to send and receive messages simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/wa-android-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest WhatsApp beta<\/a>&nbsp;for Android devices have the new Linked Devices feature, and once it passes the beta test, a wider launch will be imminent. It&rsquo;s probably one of the most anticipated feature of the popular messaging app, and one that has been a long time coming.<\/p>\n<p>The beta app has support for 4 devices at present and WABetaInfo states WhatsApp is working to create a UI to manage linked devices. The Linked Devices feature allow the same WhatsApp account to run on up to 4 devices including an iPad, but then again, what&rsquo;s there in beta might not make it to the final version and we can only find out what&rsquo;s official after the rollout is complete.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/news\/mobile-phones\/whatsapp-users-will-soon-be-able-to-use-one-account-on-different-devices-simultaneously-report-49420.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.digit.in\/news\/mobile-phones\/whatsapp-users-will-soon-be-able-to-use-one-account-on-different-devices-simultaneously-report-49420.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Digit NewsDesk<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Digit NewsDesk<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" alt=\"\">HIGHLIGHTS The latest WhatsApp beta for Android devices have the new Linked Devices feature. Multiple device support will require the user to enter their mobile number and a code they will receive as an SMS. This additonal code needs to be entered in the new device that you may want to link to your account. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-multi-device-feature-enabled-in-latest-android-beta-supports-up-to-4-devices\/\">Continue reading <span>WHATSAPP MULTI-DEVICE FEATURE ENABLED IN LATEST ANDROID BETA, SUPPORTS UP TO 4 DEVICES<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-multi-device-feature-enabled-in-latest-android-beta-supports-up-to-4-devices\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WHATSAPP MULTI-DEVICE FEATURE ENABLED IN LATEST ANDROID BETA, SUPPORTS UP TO 4 DEVICES - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/whatsapp-multi-device-feature-enabled-in-latest-android-beta-supports-up-to-4-devices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WHATSAPP MULTI-DEVICE FEATURE ENABLED IN LATEST ANDROID BETA, SUPPORTS UP TO 4 DEVICES - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HIGHLIGHTS The latest WhatsApp beta for Android devices have the new Linked Devices feature. 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