More convenience, more security in WhatsApp
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Lately , as our usage of WhatsApp has been increasing , changes are happening in WhatsApp almost at the same pace. Of course , like every big company, WhatsApp makes sure that changes to the app should not cause problems for people in their daily use of the app!
So even though you use WhatsApp daily like millions of other people in India , the new changes may not be noticed by you.
Keeping that in mind , here are some of the major changes that have come or are coming to WhatsApp. These changes are the ones that enhance the usability of WhatsApp without interfering with its daily use . So, if you are confused by the updates that are coming fast in WhatsApp, you can continue using WhatsApp on a daily basis , but if you are using WhatsApp professionally in addition to personal, then these new features are worth understanding. That's what WhatsApp is trying to do - make it a business app while maintaining the image of a family app!
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The feature that we all have been waiting for for a long time has finally arrived in WhatsApp , but for now only for beta testers and that too only for Android users. As you know , currently we can use WhatsApp only in a mobile phone. It has multi-device support and one WhatsApp account can be used in four devices simultaneously , but the current condition is that these four devices can have only one mobile device , i.e. the one with our original WhatsApp account. The remaining three devices that can be linked to it can be laptops or PCs.
Since November 2022 , WhatsApp has been working on a ' companion mode ' that can be used on more than one mobile , beta testers have started benefiting from it since last week. It means that now we can use the WhatsApp account with the same mobile number in three other mobile phones! Using this new companion mode of WhatsApp is as easy as linking a PC laptop. After this feature is available to all WhatsApp users and after updating your WhatsApp app , following steps have to be taken.
Install the latest app of WhatsApp in the other mobile where you want to use WhatsApp . Click on the three dots in the right corner , open the menu and select ' Link a Device ' . A QR code should appear.
Now open WhatsApp in your original mobile and go to the menu by clicking on the three dots on the top right. In it click on ' Linked Devices ' . We have to prove our identity by giving a fingerprint or pin , now from the original mobile , the QR code displayed on the screen of the new mobile can be scanned.
Now our WhatsApp account will be active in the other phone as well. Our chat history will also be seen in it and we will be able to receive messages and send messages to others in this other phone as well.
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You may remember that a few years ago it was a difficult task for us to access any specific thing in the settings of Android phones. Then the search feature was added to the settings and the job became very easy! Same is the case with WhatsApp now. WhatsApp has the facility to search messages , but if we want to search something in its settings, we should know in which section the issue will be in the settings. Now this work will become easy. Like phone settings, WhatsApp is also adding a search button on the settings page. That's why you don't have to search for a setting to automatically download media in WhatsApp or to make settings related to the backup of messages. In settings or auto-download or chat backup We can easily reach his page by searching for something like!
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What if we want to change the details of a contact in WhatsApp ? Now we can see the details of that person by going to that person's page in WhatsApp and clicking on ' View Contact ' . But when you want to change these details, you have to open the contact in the contact app of the phone and change it.
Now there is a feature that we can select ' Edit ' option by clicking on the three buttons on the right while viewing the person's page in the WhatsApp app itself.
In this way , the contact details can be edited in WhatsApp itself without going to any other app. This change will also be saved in our address book. This feature has been rolled out in WhatsApp. If you don't see it, try updating the app.
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In addition to the features that provide more convenience to the users, WhatsApp has also added features related to safety. However, you don't need to stress much about this because as a user, we hardly have to do anything about it.
Account Protection: Every now and then when we get a new phone, there is a need to transfer the WhatsApp account from the old phone to the new phone. Earlier this work was so easy that instead of us , there was a possibility that someone else would activate the WhatsApp account with our mobile number on their phone! Of course , that person only had to get the OTP sent to our phone number.
Now the WhatsApp company has added more security in the act of switching accounts. Now when we try to activate the WhatsApp account in the new device, the old device will ask whether you really want to move the WhatsApp account to the new phone or not ?
Device Protection: This is a security feature in which we as the user do not have to do anything. The system itself will make our WhatsApp usage more secure. As we all know WhatsApp messages are full of dangerous links. If we click on such a link , there is a possibility of downloading some malware in our smartphone. Due to the ' Device Protection ' feature added to WhatsApp, such a possibility will be reduced.
Automatic Security Code: This feature is also such that we as a user do not have to do anything ourselves. Only with its help, the WhatsApp system will automatically verify that the connection between two WhatsApp users is completely secure.
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For a long time now , Facebook-Instagram-WhatsApp are coming closer to each other. Moving in that direction , a feature is coming in WhatsApp , due to which the status that we have shared in WhatsApp can be directly sent as stories on Facebook. For that we don't need to go outside the WhatsApp app. Currently we can do this , but for that , some manual sharing steps are required to send the status to Facebook. Due to the new feature, we don't have to do anything manually , we just have to enable the option of sharing from WhatsApp to Facebook and decide which statuses are automatically shared.
The option for this can be found on the ' Status Privacy ' page by clicking on the three dots while in the status tab of WhatsApp . Here we will find the option ' Share my status updates across my account ' . By selecting it we will be able to add our Facebook account.
Remember that this feature will be optional. That is, it will normally be disabled. We can turn it on if we want.
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When you want to send a message to a friend or a group in WhatsApp, do you type the message or do you record the voice and send it ? We all have a long habit of sending voice messages on WhatsApp. Now most of the people are bored of typing anything so they hit the mic button in WhatsApp , record their voice message and forward it – maybe you are doing the same!
We are likely to get the same type of facility now for video messages as well. Currently we can record our video from the camera app outside of WhatsApp and then share it in WhatsApp. But now this feature is likely to be available in WhatsApp itself. We will be able to record and share a short video of up to 60 seconds in WhatsApp. By adding this feature to WhatsApp, we will be able to record videos in real time and share them instantly. Like other content on WhatsApp, video messages will be end-to-end encrypted. A person who has received such a video message in WhatsApp will only be able to view the video , not be able to save or forward it. However, it is worth keeping in mind that videos playing in WhatsApp can be recorded with a screen recording app or from another mobile.
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