Meta has announced an exciting new feature for WhatsApp, which is the ability to log into two accounts at the same time on your phone. This is something that we’ve seen the app test out in a beta version back in August, but now the feature is officially rolling out worldwide.
The feature will do away with the need for you to log in and out each time you want to use a different phone number on WhatsApp for whatever reasons you may have. With this, you just need to go into your app’s settings, click on the arrow next to your name, and add an account.
Moreover, you’ll be able to control the privacy and notification settings for each account, letting you separate how you use the two phone numbers. The company says that this feature is to discourage users from installing fake apps to use a second WhatsApp account on their phone simultaneously, which is a privacy and security risk.
The multiple accounts feature will be released to Android users gradually over the coming weeks and months. Unfortunately, it did not reveal when it will be rolled out to iOS users, so they will have to keep waiting a while longer.
(Source: Meta Press Release)
