As we all know that WhatsApp has the most populated users on social media, in recent times WhatsApp introduce Multi Device Beta for users who love to chat with their laptops or desktops.
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What is Multi-Device Beta
Multi-Device Beta is the ability to use up to 4 Devices without keeping your phone online, what that means is that when you connect your whatsapp to your system (Laptop or Desktop) you no longer need your phone close to you to access your whatsapp web . Whether your phone is not with you or not as long as you have used the Multi-Device Beta feature . You can assess your whatsapp on other devices without having to keep your phone close to you or scanning barcode to access your whatsapp every single time on other devices. How cool is that ? so cool ! …
In 2016 when whatsapp introduce WhatsApp desktop. People really did not enjoy the feature because anytime your phone is not close to your desktop the whatsapp automatically get disconnected. Over time people got use to it. But with this new feature you can literally be online on your desktop and your phone can be switched off. As easy as that.
Some Little Bugs to Note:
1. One Disadvantage about the Multi-Device beta is that you cannot pin up a chat
2. It takes close to 10min to load up chats especially when you have so many unread messages
3. You can’t still upload status on the Multi-Device Beta Just like the Old whatsapp web
4. You can’t make call with those with the old version of whatsapp
And many more disadvantages yet to be discovered .
HOW TO ACCESS MULTI-DEVICE BETA
1. Go to your settings on your WhatsApp
2. Click on Link Device
3. You will see Multi-Device Beta
4. Click on it and this image below will display
5. Click on JOIN BETA and it will display barcode to scan after that you will see this below image
6. The below image is what you will be displayed on your desktop
In conclusion
This new feature is an upgrade of whatsapp web which is far better and better improvement and you can opt out anytime you feel you are not enjoying the feature
We really hope in the coming updates the multi-device beta is improved…..