One of the biggest problems with WhatsApp is that you can’t use it on more than one smartphone. Although you can link your profile to up to three other devices, none of them can be another smartphone. In other words, although you can add multiple devices to the same account, you are not allowed to use two different smartphones, but other devices like PCs and tablets.
However, that may soon change.
According to a new report the WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is working on a new companion mode that will let you link a second smartphone to your account. Also, as we can see from the image below, your chat history will be directly copied to the companion smartphone.
The pop-up message also states that the transfer may take a while to complete, but it will probably only take a few minutes to copy your chat history.
For users who own more than one smartphone, this is undoubtedly a major update. Switching from iPhone to Android and vice-versa has long been a nightmare for those who wanted to migrate their WhatsApp history, so with this new update, they could have the same conversations on both devices.
Currently in beta phase
Unfortunately, as this information was found in the code of the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android, there is no information on when the social network will make this feature public.
But, it is good news that WhatsApp has decided to implement this option. For example, Telegram already offers the possibility of using several smartphones. So it is a bit strange that WhatsApp, a messaging platform used by millions of people around the world, does not have this feature as well.
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