A messaging platform WhatsApp There is a good news for the users. The company has released some new features to make its messaging platform more secure. The company will now offer its users more control over sign-in and account protection. After this new update, now users will be able to use more than one passkey. Along with this, two-step verification has also been strengthened. Also, Android users will already get more information about calls from unknown numbers. Now let's know in detail about these three features.
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WhatsApp has now made the passkey feature even better. With the help of Passkey feature, users can re-login to their account using fingerprint, face ID or screen lock instead of entering SMS verification code. The company claims that more than one billion people worldwide have created passkeys for their WhatsApp accounts. If a user is using both Android and iPhone devices, that user can create more than one passkey for his account. The process of creating a passkey is very simple. For this you have to go to WhatsApp settings and click on account. After this you have to select the Passkey option. After this you can create passkey.
WhatsApp has also made its two-step verification stronger than before. Until now, users were offered the option of setting a 6-digit PIN for added security. But now due to the new update this has also been changed. Now users will be able to create password instead of PIN. It can also include letters, numbers and special characters. A longer and more complex password may not be easily guessed by another person.
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WhatsApp will now provide information about unknown calls to Android users. If the user is receiving a call from a number which is not included in his contact list, then the WhatsApp user will be shown additional information about the respective call. It can be understood whether the caller is from another country or not and in which group the person is connected with the user. This allows users to guess who this person might be and decide whether to receive the call or not.
