HIGHLIGHTS
- Beta testers can now access the WhatsApp email verification process.
- You now have another way to access your account thanks to this functionality.
- Email verification is anticipated to be released by WhatsApp shortly.
Soon, WhatsApp will allow you to use your email address to validate your account. WhatsApp has solely utilized the phone number verification procedure thus far. However, testing of email address verification has just begun. Beta testers can use this functionality by downloading the most recent WhatsApp beta update.
Verifying your email on WhatsApp
With the Android 2.23.24.10 beta version of WhatsApp, users can access the new feature. However, WABetaInfo claims that if you’re using versions 2.23.24.8 and 2.23.24.9, you might just receive the functionality.
You can now add your email address to WhatsApp through a new area. This article mentions that you can access your account using your email. The email address you use to sign up for your WhatsApp account must first be verified.
To find out if you’re using WhatsApp’s beta version, navigate to Settings > Account > Email Address.
However, there are a few things to be aware of when utilizing email as a verification technique. As WABetaInfo notes, in order to register for a new WhatsApp account, you will still require your phone number. Thus, “your phone remains the unique identifier for your account” and this choice is still available.
You can also login your WhatsApp account using your email address. Thus, adding an email address to your WhatsApp account adds another level of protection. Android beta testers can presently access this functionality. As WhatsApp is currently in public beta, a general release is anticipated shortly.
You can sign up for WhatsApp’s beta program if you’d want to test this and other beta features.
Additionally, WhatsApp is developing a different profile option that will allow you to have a different display name and profile photo. You can limit access to the primary profile to those in your chosen group while keeping this backup profile open to a different audience. This isn’t a separate WhatsApp account; it’s just an alternate profile.
