This is WhatsApp's two-step authentication
Twitter account ”@WABetaInfo has reported that WhatsAppwould add two-factor authentication in future versions of the application. This is currently a hidden feature that has been located in version 2.16.183, a beta of the app for the operating system Android that can already be used by users. two-step verification is one of the most comprehensive and efficient security measures available today.Adds an additional security layer to the popular password using a device to validate access. Many of the most popular services of the moment have already incorporated it as form of protection.
In the screenshots that have been filtered, we can perfectly see that in the options area the possibility of enabling said authentication would appear. We would be offered the possibility of entering a six-digit code, or a recovery email. In this way, our WhatsApp account would not only be linked to a phone number, but also to an email. We believe, that this security code would be used to get into the desktop version,as well as to make sure we don't make any major changes. For its part, it should be mandatory to use the account from another device other than the one we usually use, or to carry out a migration.
As we say, the only way to see this feature is by downloading the beta version of WhatsApp, version 2.16.183, available only for devices Android In addition to being able to use this two-step authentication system, it is expected that GIFs and video calls arrive in the application. Thus, WhatsApp would catch up with Skype or Hangouts with this last functionality. Not only would it allow voice calls to be made between users, it is also expected that we can see and hear our contacts in real time and using a WiFi connection or our data.In fact, some media ensure that in the beta version 2.16.150 for iOS and AndroidA menu appears where the user can choose between making an audio call or a video call using the front camera of their device.
Another novelty would have to do with the possibility that the user of WhatsApp could edit their photos before sending them to their contacts. Thus, texts, shapes and effects could be added to the captures made. Apparently, in the new version of WhatsApp six new icons would be introduced to edit photos. With this movement, the popular application would try to approximate in a certain way one of the most successful functions of Snapchat, which allows external elements to be introduced to the photos. Finally, another of the proposals that is expected to arrive with the next update is, as we say, support for animated images (GIF), already available on networks social networks like Twitter Currently, the messaging app opens files of this type as if they were videos, which means that you have to download them before you can watch them.
