WhatsApp just got better for people juggling multiple devices – Evening Standard

For over a decade, WhatsApp has been notoriously inflexible. You’ve been able to move the app from phone to phone, but in doing so you have to deactivate the previous handset. Until recently, jumping from iOS to Android or vice versa would see you losing your chat history, too.This strict one-phone-per-account rule was fine for those with only one handset. But for people juggling multiple devices, WhatsApp’s rigid requirements have often been infuriating. Parent company Meta has apparently listened to those concerns, because starting today, WhatsApp will be usable on up to four handsets at once.It works in much the same way as it already does on web browsers, tablets and desktops, with chats syncing across logged-in devices. This allows you to pick up chats where you left off. Meta suggests that it may be especially useful to small businesses, with up to four employees able to respond to customer queries via a WhatsApp business account.Crucially, opening up access to multiple phones doesn’t break the built-in encryption. Meta says that each device connects to WhatsApp independently of one another, meaning that messages, media and calls remain end-to-end encrypted. If your primary device is inactive for an unspecified “long period”, your
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