On Tuesday The instant messaging app WhatsApp is going to multi-device support and will be launching soon. Mark Zuckerberg revealed this during a chat with Wabetainfo. According to a popular website Wabetainfo which gives instant updates on messaging app Whatsapp made an announcement on Twitter about a new update.
The popular messaging app Whatsapp is expected to bring multi-device support for beta testing in the next couple of months which will support the end to end encryption. It is claimed that it will protect photos, videos, text, voice messages and documents in a way that they aren’t accessible by anyone except the sender and receiver.
This is also the primary reason WhatsApp did not comply with the government of India’s new IT rules which demanded to find the originator of a message. In an argument finding the originator would mean circumventing the end-to-end encryption. It would make WhatsApp go against its own policies.
This new feature by the messaging app will permit individuals to operate a similar WhatsApp account on various gadgets simultaneously. It will provide multiple devices protection alongside syncing communication between them is not that easy and involves technical challenges in its implementation.
Regarding the multiple device support, Zuckerberg said, ” It’s been a big technical challenge to get all your messages and content to sync properly across devices even when your phone battery dies, but we’ve solved this and we’re looking forward to getting it out soon.”
The multi-device support will also enable WhatsApp to expand to more form factors, including the Apple iPad. The iPad is expected to get its own version of the app soon. Multi-gadget with different devices will allow users to interface up to four unique gadgets to the user’s main WhatsApp account.
The Facebook-owned company is purportedly reestablishing the green colour notifications for its Android beta application. It had announced a new dark blue colour in notifications a few days back in the 2.21.12.12 beta update but the users weren’t happy with the update so WhatsApp decided to restore the old colour.
Alongside enabling end-to-end encryption when using multi-device support, WhatsApp is expected to bring end-to-end encrypted backups. There is, however, no exact timeline on when it would be available even for public beta testers.
Other than these, WhatsApp will launch more features, Mark Zuckerberg himself has confirmed some features mentioned above. It is important to note that WhatsApp already has the disappearing messages feature but Mark talks about unveiling the disappearing mode.
