WhatsApp announces support for multiple accounts on a single phone, reveals website

According to WABetaInfo, the app is currently developing native functionality to allow maintaining distinct profiles on devices with multi-chip support. Currently, this option is only available through features provided by certain cell phone manufacturers.

• 

Photo Reproduction/WABetaInfo

According to WABetaInfo, this Thursday (15), it was revealed that WhatsApp is developing a feature that will allow the use of multiple accounts on the same device natively. Currently, this option is available on some cell phones from specific manufacturers, but in the future it may be available on all devices that support more than one SIM card. O grupo WABetaInfo is known for sharing the latest WhatsApp news on the internet.

Functionality

According to WABetaInfo, the developments for the implementation of this functionality, which may be made available in the beta version in the next updates. There is no estimate of when the feature will be accessible to all users. The site identified the presence of this feature in WhatsApp Business, the version of the application intended for companies, but it also has evidence that it is compatible with WhatsApp Messenger, used by individual users.

An image was released that indicates that users now have the option to select one of their accounts in WhatsApp, just as it is possible to do in the Instagram and Facebook applications. With this update, it will be possible for anyone to manage their conversations and keep separate messages between work and personal life, for example. Previously, to carry out this separation, it was necessary to use more than one cell phone or resort to "clones" of the application made available by some cell phone brands.

What would this suggested update for WhatsApp look like?

• Resource: WABetaInfo posted an image on its portal and revealed a conceptual image that features the WhatsApp conversations tab with pinned windows;

• Functionality: the resource suggested by the group would make available to users the ability to pin up to 5 conversations through the messenger;

• Concept: in the WABetaInfo image, it is possible to observe that the pinned conversations will remain at the top and with that, the most important windows for the user would be highlighted.