WhatsApp latest update: Facebook-owned messaging app to soon let you access account from 4 linked devices - All details here

WhatsApp latest update: In a major development, the Facebook-owned popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is bringing a big feature for its users across the globe. WhatsApp users will be able to access their accounts from up to four linked devices in the coming months.

The messaging app's head Will Cathcart has made this announcement during an interview with WABetaInfo, a website that tracks Whatsapp. According to the report, in the coming months, WhatsApp on iPad might be supported because of the multi-device feature, the news agency IANS reported.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also confirmed to the website that a disappearing mode is coming to WhatsApp that automatically enables ephemeral messages in new chat threads. The CEO also mentioned that another feature ‘View Once' will be rolled out soon, so the recipient can only open your photos and videos once before they disappear from the chat.

These features are coming for WhatsApp beta users soon, as per the report. Cathcart just stopped short of confirming reports that WhatsApp has an iPad app in development, saying that multi-device support will make the app on iPad a possibility. Zuckerberg said the multi-device feature will not compromise the end-to-end encryption.

Apart from multi-device support, WABetaInfo reported that WhatsApp is working on a new password-protected encrypted chat backups feature, that may allow users to transfer their chat histories between iOS and Android devices.

WhatsApp is also testing a new Search for Stickers shortcut for Android users. It is suggested that WhatsApp has started rolling out the new shortcut for Android beta users. As the name suggests, it will allow people to look up stickers in a faster way without much hassle.

The report also revealed that people would be required to type in a keyword or an emoji in the chat bar, which will enable the new feature to look for the closest matches. If it finds some, the emoji icon next to the chat bar will change colour.