One of the main drawbacks of the multi-device mode of WhatsApp could be solved once the change anticipated by WaBetaInfo becomes a reality. According to this medium, an expert in anticipating functions of the messaging application, WhatsApp will allow the registration of a second mobile device with the same account. And without the need for the first to have an Internet connection.
WhatsApp always suffered from a multi-device lack, even though the application could be used both on the web and on the desktop. The linked browser or computer reflects the messages from the registered phone, an operation that changed with the introduction of multi-device WhatsApp. After being activated, the user can use their WhatsApp on three devices independent of the phone, but not on a mobile one. This should change soon.
A second phone with the same account. Or a tablet
As we said, the impossibility of registering a second mobile device greatly dilutes the use of multi-device WhatsApp. It is true that it is appreciated not having to depend on the telephone and that the messaging is delivered on time to the computer even if the mobile is disconnected, but his thing would be to use WhatsApp on two different mobiles and independently. Or on a mobile and a tablet.
As WaBetaInfo discovered, WhatsApp is working in a 2.0 multi-device mode, the evolution of the current system that, at the moment, is in tests within the iPhone. With the evolution of this mode it will be possible to register a mobile device with the same WhatsApp account and without the authorization being withdrawn from the first one; which is what has been happening so far.
WhatsApp would download the conversations to the second mobile device, even if the original lacked Internet. The whole process would be done with end-to-end encryption, a quality that all WhatsApp conversations possess. In principle it is in preparation for tablets (iPad included), but mobile phones should not be excluded.
With the aforementioned WhatsApp 2.0 multi-device mode iPad users could finally have their on-screen messaging without having to resort to the web browser, as usual. Although yes, we do not know the possible update dates: according to WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp is already testing it in the iPhone beta. It will also come to Android.
Via | WabetaInfo