In May 2023, Meta introduced the Chat Lock feature in WhatsApp, which allows you to lock and hide chats behind a passcode or biometric authentication. While this is a very useful feature, it only works on primary devices. Fortunately, last month we got to know that the company had started testing Chat Lock on linked devices by rolling it out to a limited number of people. Well, Meta is now making the feature available to more people.
According to a new report from WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android (version 2.24.11.9) offers the Chat Lock feature on linked devices as well. More importantly, the feature seems to be available for everyone who is using this version of the app rather than just to a select few users.
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At the moment, there’s no information about when Meta will make this feature available in the stable version of WhatsApp. However, we expect the company to roll it out to the public after thoroughly testing it in the beta version of the app, which could take at least a couple of weeks.
