Work on password-protected encrypted chat for multi-device support
San Francisco, June 3 (IANS)| WhatsApp users will be able to access their accounts from four linked devices in the coming months. The announcement was made by the head of the company, Will Cathcart. According to an interview with WABetaleInfo, in the coming months, WhatsApp may be supported on iPad due to the multi-device feature. NSSabook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also confirmed to the website that a disappearing mode is coming to WhatsApp, which automatically enables momentary messages in new chat threads.
The CEO also mentioned that another feature, View Once, will also be rolled out soon, so the recipient can only open your photos and videos once before disappearing from the chat. According to the report, these features are coming soon for WhatsApp beta users. Cathcart has not confirmed reports that WhatsApp has an iPad app in development. He says the multi-device support app will make that a possibility on the iPad.
Zuckerberg said the multi-device feature will not compromise end-to-end encryption. In addition to multi-device support, the report also states that WhatsApp is working on a new password-protected encrypted chat backup feature that could allow users to transfer their chat history between iOS and Android devices. Is.
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