WhatsApp finally released today a new feature for Android phones that many users have been waiting for years and years, bringing something that has been released on the iPhone for a long time. More precisely, the WhatsApp application has launched in beta version the function that allows the use of the fingerprint, or facial recognition, to block access to its content, iPhone users having this already offered last year.
WhatsApp currently offers the function for testing to users who have installed the beta versions of the application for Android, so that they can also report possible problems with its operation. The system works in the same way as in the case of iPhone phones, that is, access to the application is restricted with fingerprints or facial recognition, WhatsApp also hiding messages from notifications for those who are not authorized.
WhatsApp. The HUGE new Android Feature Awaited for YEARS
WhatsApp also blocks the possibility of seeing messages when the application is presented in the task switcher system, as a preview, so we are talking about a high level of security enjoyed by users. The system was highly praised on iPhones after it was launched, those from WhatsApp knowing that people want to be able to block access to messages with fingerprints or facial recognition, and now everything is possible.
WhatsApp later implemented this function on Android due to the very large number of phones that use various types of authentication, and the development process will be even more difficult in the end. Despite this, it is very good to see that this very important function is finally implemented in WhatsApp for Android, and all that remains is for everyone to be able to use it in the coming months.
WhatsApp could restrict the compatibility of this function with certain models of phones with the Android operating system, so it remains to be seen in the end which and what it will be able to use.
