After announcing that WhatsApp has rolled out the ability to rename linked devices, the company is ready to release another tool to businesses today, that offers further information about the author of their outgoing messages on WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop!
| Common questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Name of the feature? | Author message info |
| Status? | Rolling out |
| Compatibility? | WhatsApp Business beta for Android 2.22.13.10 and WhatsApp Business beta for iOS 22.12.0.73 are marked as compatible updates. |
| I've installed this update but I do not have this feature. Why? | This feature is only available for business accounts. If you don't have it, please wait for the next few updates. |
| Thanks: | SamSpencer for testing and reporting! |
| Previous news? | WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.13.11: what’s new? WhatsApp is working on the ability to export your WhatsApp backup from Google Drive! |
AUTHOR MESSAGE INFO
WhatsApp keeps working on improving the experience while using multi-device. Starting today, businesses that use the beta version of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, are now able to view new information about their outgoing messages, if there are some linked devices to the same account:
As you can see in these screenshots, every time you send a message from WhatsApp Business, you can read the name of the device the message was sent from right within message info. For example, the message you see in the screenshot taken from WhatsApp beta for Android has been sent from a linked device named "macOS". Instead, in the other screenshot taken from WhatsApp beta for iOS, we have sent the message from that device so we read the push name. In addition, the word "Admin" indicates that the message has been sent from the main device.
Note that this is another business tool so this feature won't be released to standard WhatsApp accounts. In addition, information about the author of the message won't be shared with other people but only with the ones that are linked to your WhatsApp account.
WhatsApp is now rolling out this feature to businesses that use the latest version of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, and more activations are planned over the coming weeks.
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