WhatsApp is finally rolling out multiple accounts on the same smartphone, here’s how to take advantage of it

Today, WhatsApp finally lets you activate a second account on the app from your smartphone. This function was announced several months ago, and is now available on Android and iOS. But please note that certain conditions must be respected. We will explain how to configure your second account.

We can say that this function is long overdue. Although its competitors have been offering it for a long time, WhatsApp took a long time to include multi-account support in its app. For a long time, you had to have a second smartphone to connect to a different account, or to get a specific Android overlay that allowed you to install a second version of an app on your phone.

But all these setbacks are now a thing of the past. In June, WhatsApp already rolled out multi-account support for business users. Today, the messaging company is announcing via a blog post the global rollout of the functionality on Android and iOS. Once you get the update – which, as usual, can take several hours – you will finally be able to configure a second account from your smartphone.

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How to add a second WhatsApp account on one smartphone

However, several clarifications must be made. First, if WhatsApp talked about multiple accounts in its blog post, for now we will have to make do with one additional account on the same smartphone. This limitation is definitely due to the second important point: since you absolutely need a phone number to create a WhatsApp account, you will necessarily have to have a smartphone that supports dual SIM.

If this is your case, here’s the procedure to follow to create a second email account:

• Opens WhatsApp On your smartphone
• Click on the three dots menu at the top right of the screen
• we meet in Settings
• Click on the arrow to the right of your name
• He chooses Add an account
• follow the instructions that are on the screen

You now have a second WhatsApp account on your smartphone, which will be very practical if you have a professional phone number, for example.

source : WhatsApp