New Delhi. Saving phone numbers in WhatsApp has been a big task since the beginning. The biggest problem is in saving the phone number on the web version. If you are using the web version of WhatsApp. At the same time, if someone sends a contact number, it has to be saved on the phone, but after the new update, this will not happen.
After the arrival of new features of WhatsApp, you will be able to save the phone number on the web version of WhatsApp also. WhatsApp has given this information in its blog. The new feature will come for Web, Windows and linked devices.
In a blog post, WhatsApp explained that till now the only way to add contacts was by saving them on the primary device or scanning a QR code. With the upcoming features, users will be able to do this from any device. This change will be first introduced on WhatsApp Web and Windows and will later be available on other linked devices.
Users will have the option to save a particular contact number only on WhatsApp or sync it with their smartphone as well. The feature uses a new encrypted storage system called Identity Proof Linked Storage (IPLS), which uses Key Transparency and WhatsApp's Hardware Security Module (HSM) technology.
Its big advantage will be that contacts saved on WhatsApp can be retrieved in case users lose their phones or change devices. Apart from this, users can also create or customize separate contact lists for their personal and office WhatsApp accounts.
