Social Media Flooded With Memes After WhatsApp releases New Feature

Guwahati: Users of WhatsApp will now be able to access their accounts from numerous devices thanks to a new feature that has been added. As with connecting to WhatsApp on web browsers, tablets, and desktops, users can now link their phones with four more devices.

After the new WhatsApp function was revealed, social media was deluged with amusing memes about the subject. Long-distance relationships will now be a little more difficult, some Twitter users said, while others suggested that parents may use the function to monitor their adolescent children. Take a look at some of the funniest tweets:

The new feature will enable users to freely link any device with WhatsApp and ensure end-to-end encryption of messages, media, and calls, according to the Meta-owned platform.

WhatsApp said in a blog on Tuesday, “Last year, we introduced the ability for users globally to message seamlessly across all their devices, whiel maintaining the same level of privacy and security. Today, we are improving our multi-device offering further by introducing the abilityto use the same WhatsApp account on multiple phones.”

Now, users may change phones without signing out and continue their conversations where they left off. All companion devices connected to the WhatsApp user’s account will automatically log out if the primary device is dormant for a long time. According to WhatsApp, users will find messaging more comfortable if they link their phones as companion devices. This would allow users to switch between devices without logging out and continue conversations where they left off.

Users of WhatsApp Web can enter their phone numbers to get a one-time code in place of scanning a QR code. Then, to enable device connectivity, they can enter this code on their phone. An “alternative and more accessible” method of connecting companion devices has been announced by the messaging platform. Within the next two weeks, any user will be able to access the new function, which has been pushed out globally.

Following the announcement of the new WhatsApp function, Twitter was flooded with amusing memes about the subject. Some people noted that the new function will make relationships more difficult for those who choose to avoid their partners, while others noted that parents may use the capability to monitor their adolescent children.