WhatsApp to let users link one account with up to four smartphones

Secondary devices will still be able to make calls, send and receive messages when connected to the Internet, even when the primary one is offline. — Photo by Bastian Riccardi on Unsplash

WhatsApp is finally allowing users to link their account to multiple smartphones at once.

This comes via a beta update to the messaging app that adds a “companion mode” that was previously only available to a select group of testers when it debuted late last year.