New Delhi: How to connect WhatsApp account with other devices if your smartphone is not connected to the internet (How to Enable WhatsApp on Secondary Devices)? If you want to use WhatsApp on your phone as well as on any other device, then you can. But the new feature gives you the freedom that even if your smartphone is not connected to the Internet, you will continue to receive WhatsApp messages on the desktop. It was not like this before. Till now, if your smartphone is not connected to the internet, then no message could be received on the secondary device as well.
This feature of WhatsApp is a great feature for those who use one account on multiple devices. WhatsApp is bringing this feature for both Android and iOS. This feature has been rolled out on some smartphones and will be soon on some.
End to end encrypted chat
After a long time of internal testing, the company introduced this picture in July. Now users can use their account on a secondary device such as a PC, laptop, or on the Facebook portal simultaneously. The chat on other devices will also be end-to-end encrypted. End-to-end encrypted means that no third party can read or see your messages.
The biggest feature of this feature of WhatsApp is that even if your smartphone is not connected to the Internet, you can use WhatsApp on other devices without any interruption. Even if the battery in your smartphone is exhausted, WhatsApp will continue to work on other devices.
How to link WhatsApp account to a secondary device
To use this feature, you must first make sure that you have the latest version of WhatsApp. In the latest version itself, the option to connect with the secondary device has been given. Because this feature is currently only on ‘beta’, it is possible that it may not work on your device. If your device has a beta version then you can use it otherwise you may have to wait for a while. Apart from this, till now this feature is available only on WhatsApp Web, Desktop, and Portal. This means that you cannot add any other Android phone or iPhone as a secondary device other than your smartphone. You can activate this feature in this way-
Go to WhatsApp’s Settings. From Settings, click on Linked Devices and under Multi-Device Beta. (WhatsApp and then Settings > Linked Devices > Multi-Device Beta).
Next, go back to the linked device and click on ‘Link a Device.
You will have to scan the QR code, which will be on your secondary device. After scanning, you will be able to connect your secondary device.
