Being a WhatsApp user, we are updating with a lot of features every coming day. And their team of developers keep working persistently to improve this multi-platform instant messaging service to be greater. To continue this chain of events, recently we got the release of a new beta version dedicated to Android-based devices. The release has version number 2.22.18.17 respectively.
What’s New in WhatsApp Beta Version 2.22.18.17
Ahead of this month, it has been heard that WhatsApp developers are presently working on a feature that aiming towards the increase user power of control over their accounts.
The name of this feature is “login approval”, and that provides information every time when someone tries to access their account. And the user receives an in-app alert about this event. With this version, 2.22.18.17 beta new details emerge about it.
If you try to access your account from a different phone, then instantly they were asking you to confirm moving the account to the new phone. And this security feature prevents other people from accessing other accounts in case they receive a 6-digit code from them. This will definitely be going to make WhatsApp more secure to access from different devices.
And this security feature section appears if users try to access their account from a different device. And all you need to confirm that action from the phone on which the account in question is active.
All the way, it’s not been clear yet, that what happens when users want to access their account and they don’t have the previous device available. But at the same time, there’s an option namely “Did not receive the notification?”. And the same will certainly help you to get out of it. Also, it has been unclear, when this novelty could be made available to all users.
How to download the new beta version of the app
In addition to this, if anybody wants to take a taste of version 2.22.18.17 of WhatsApp Beta for Android. Then they have the opportunity to do so through the Google PlayStore, subscribing to the relevant beta testing channel.
Also, for those who are not able to subscribe to the beta program but still they want to try the same preview. For Such an instant messaging app preview, users can do so by manually installing the related APK file. And the same can be downloaded from APK Mirror.