Key Takeaways
- Adding and managing contacts from any device—not just your phone—is now simpler with WhatsApp.
- Additionally, you can only save contacts on WhatsApp, and you can recover them if you misplace your phone or switch to a different device.
- WhatsApp plans to implement usernames in the future to increase privacy.
A WhatsApp upgrade that would make adding contacts from any device simpler has been revealed by Meta.
Once the upgrade is available, users will be able to add and manage contacts on Windows PCs, WhatsApp Web, and eventually “other linked devices.”
Until today, you could only add contacts from the primary mobile device that created your account by entering a phone number or scanning a QR code.
Additionally, users won’t need to sync with a phone in order to add contacts on WhatsApp. This is useful for people who have many WhatsApp accounts on their device, such as people who want to keep their personal and work contacts apart.
Because contacts saved to WhatsApp may be restored, Meta claims that this also removes the possibility of losing contacts in the event that you misplace your phone or switch to a new device.
WhatsApp is getting more user names.
According to Meta, providing usernames is the first step toward a significant upgrade. You won’t have to give up your phone number when messaging a new person in the future because you’ll be able to add and manage contacts by username.
According to Meta, this provides an “extra degree of privacy,” although the feature’s release date is still pending. Meta said that as more details are available, they will be shared.
In the upcoming weeks and months, the update that will enable you to add contacts from numerous devices will be released.
