Users can presently use WhatsApp on a single phone or tab, or connect it to a web device. However, once active on this device, you will be logged out of your primary device’s session. Previous reports also indicated that WhatsApp was also testing a companion mode which would enable users to link a second device to their account. However, only one primary phone can be used, and the rest of the devices can be your tablet or laptop.
It allows WhatsApp users to connect their account to four additional linked devices and use it on the linked device even if the primary device switches off. The multi-device support feature, which WhatsApp has been working on since 2019, was announced by Will Cathcart in June last year. Sharing the screenshot of the iPad version of the app, WABetaInfo wrote, “Multi-device 2.0 will let people link an additional mobile phone or tablet (WhatsApp for iPad/Android tablet) to the same WhatsApp account in the future.” These features will be particularly useful for iPad users, as the application is currently available for only the iPhone users. Now that it's in a full beta, though, you can download it directly from WhatsApp's website.At this time, it is unknown whether Multidevice 2.0 will have any more capabilities. The native macOS app has been around for several months on TestFlight, but that only offers limited slots for testers. It looks much the same as the Mac app and also offers increased reliability and speed. Last year, WhatsApp released a native version for Windows 10 that works without the need for a smartphone. In 2021, Meta said that it was expanding multi-device support for WhatsApp, leading to speculation that an iPad app was forthcoming. Since the Mac was developed on Catalyst, that lends some hope that a long-awaited version may also come to iOS.
You also get a new interface with three panels to easily flip between chats, calls, archived and starred messages, while seeing contacts and interactions at a glance.Īpple's Catalyst was designed to allow developers to port iOS apps over to macOS or create just one version that can run on either platform. The new app is optimized for Mac hardware and built with Mac Catalyst, so it should be faster and more efficient than the current web-wrapped Electron version. Mac users who have been waiting for a native version of WhatsApp can now download it without restrictions, WaBetaInfo has reported.
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