

The company says that by requiring the phone to perform all operations, companion devices are slower and frequently get disconnected, especially when the phone has a poor connection, its battery is running low, or the application process gets killed by the phone’s operating system. It solves one of the major issues of the WhatsApp Web version - requiring a phone to be connected all the time. Also, messages are not stored on the server after they are delivered. It adds that each message is individually encrypted using the established pairwise encryption session with each device. The company says that it has developed new technologies that ensure that even on multiple devices, messages sync while maintaining end-to-end encryption. For using this, you will need to be on the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android or iOS. If you are interested to check it out, you can enroll yourself by following the procedure described by the company. This is one of the most anticipated features and a couple of months ago, the company’s executives talked about the feature being in development. Now, the company has released a new beta that brings support for multi-device without the need for a phone.


WhatsApp has web support but using this version requires you to connect using a smartphone and it needs to be powered on and connected.
