Within a few hours, WhatsApp scored a hat-trick of novelties, revealing the development steps underway for group surveys, for the multi-device account function, and also undertaking a promo to support the adoption of its payments.
The success of WhatsApp is already very great, but it can be greater when it becomes truly multi-device: for this purpose the platform, also engaged in the field of surveys for groups, is putting energy into the multi-device 2.0 account mode, which it has just marked one step forward. Meanwhile, to encourage the adoption of in-app payments, a promo based on cashback has started in India.
The first news regarding WhatsApp was recognized in the past few hours, when the beta 2.22.10.11 for Android was made available: with the latter, in essence, the surveys for groups, first spotted on iOS and then for Desktop, are have been noticed as also being developed for the client on the green robot, and will work in the same way, protected by end-to-end encryption, and with users who will be able to express themselves by drawing on a panel of choices from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 12.
Subsequently, Menlo Park, also for Android, although the novelty will certainly also be in development for iOS, has distributed the beta 2.22.10.13: superficially, this release has no tangible news but, analyzing the code, the WABetaInfo leakers have seen the traces of the next evolutionary step of the second generation multi-device account function, which will follow the current one, recently implemented so that it is possible to use the other devices associated with the account even when the main device is turned off or disconnected from the network.
Specifically, the feature trackers have found the section “Register device as a companion” which suggests that tomorrow it will be possible to use your WhatsApp account even on a second smartphone, or on a tablet. The next section, in particular, when opening WhatsApp will show a QR code that will be scanned by the main device, custodian of the SIM associated with the WA account: at that point, the connection will be effective and you will no longer be bound to use it. example your WhatsApp on only one smartphone at a time.
Finally, a small news that it is not known if it will ever arrive in the West. WhatsApp has long had its Payments in India which, even in the face of slow implementation, have not been as successful as rivals such as Paytm or Google Pay. To encourage users to use its in-app money transfer system, Menlo Park has launched a cashback-based promotion reserved for those who have been registered on WhatsApp for at least 30 days.
In this case, seeing the gift icon while sending money to someone (who must be registered with the WhatsApp payment system), or noticing a promotional banner in the app, a user will be able to participate in the promotion, which will allow him to get 11 rupees (0.14 euro cents), up to 3 times, when sending or receiving money via WhatsApp, with the premise that to get “more rewards, users will have to transact with at least three different users”.