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WhatsApp Rolls Out Multi-Device Support to All Users on iOS and Android
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I was dreading some "update feature" transforming this app into a Metaverse vehicle.
What we really need is having option to have to separate accounts on one device, I only carry my work phone to use WhatsApp I wish I could use there whatsapp on my iPhone app so have 2 accounts running they would be epic
Or just join Telegram revolution that does that and hundred others thing since months/years.
WhatsApp web offered me a new update for multi device support, I updated and now there's a lot of missing stuff that I keep discovering.
- I can't see all my chat media history on the web, only on phone
- My Favorite/Custom Group Stickers are gone from the web
- I have a whole bunch of new sticker categories that I don't care about and can't delete them
- My starred messages are not Synced, I can only see them on Phone
- My muted Status for some contacts is not Synced
Yea, or even just allow the iPhone one on the iPad, as a basic.
Only suitable if more widespread. Out of 200 contacts, only 3 have it for me ?
Not the same thing. Better to have an actual app. Even if it was just the iPhone one so we can use it.
Meta Faitbuk has so many employees. Yet in the last ten years none of them have been able to upscale a simple iPhone app for Instagram or Whatsapp to iPad size
I’d love to escape WA but it certainly feels like the default messaging platform here in the uk, well possibly second only to fb messenger. I have a lot of contacts who I would bet my house on who wouldn’t move unless it was closed down as they “don’t like change”…
Weird that this stuff doesn't work for you...??!
I am running the Beta on my Windows 10 laptop using the Whatsapp App(Version 2.2140.12) from the Windows Store.
I'm using Whatsapp in Windows, iPad (Safari browser window) and iPhone 13 Pro and all the above items are in unison with each other. I even have all my pinned chats all synced across all the devices.
Looks like it is not a finished/polished roll out. Don't know it is so difficult to have an iPad app
It’s encrypted using end to end encryption. Your messages have always flowed through the server fully encrypted and the server has never been able to read your messages. When the recipient device is offline, the message stays on the server until the device comes online (single check mark). Once the recipient comes online, it’s delivered and removed from the server (double check mark).
The same thing happens with MD, except now there are multiple recipients (similar to a group chat).
Full white paper here if you’re interested: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne....pdf/WhatsApp_Security_Whitepaper_Preview.pdf
Full disclosure: I work at WhatsApp
Honestly, I thought this same thing before joining the team. The short answer is that the iPad is a companion but it’s sharing code with a primary app (iPhone). It’s basically rewriting an entire app inside another app to support being both a primary and a companion app. There are a lot of moving parts.
Because you can inspect the traffic and see for yourself. Or just look at all of the government requests that get all of the information that WhatsApp has (which is essentially nothing). Or just read the white paper. https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne....pdf/WhatsApp_Security_Whitepaper_Preview.pdf
You can, but you don't get notifications that way since iOS does not allow websites to deliver notifications.
Although WhatsApp has many issues, Telegram is hardly the superior solution. For one, Telegram doesn’t even have e2e encryption by default. That by itself is a huge no.
It's funny how Facebook (excuse me, META) just can't get this right. Telegram perfected multi-device messaging from the start, years ago, and WhatsApp is still struggling with basic functionality.
Seriously, people, if you can get your WhatsApp using contacts to move to Telegram, it's worth it. It's so much better and not owned by Zuckyboy.
my Whatsapp profile pic is Zuckerberg being crushed in a trash compactor, no one has visited me yet.
I try to tell people this all the time. Yes it's end-to-end encrypted but that encryption doesn't mean anything when you aren't the one who owns and holds the encryption keys, they do and therefore your messages can be intercepted at any time.