WhatsApp has improved its security feature and now users need not have
to worry much about their private chats even when their phone is left unlocked
and unattended for long hours.
The chat company has added a Touch ID/Face ID security feature to the
chat platform that makes its more secure.
The chat company has added a Touch ID/Face ID security feature to the
chat platform that makes its more secure.
WhatsApp Face ID authentication feature has been in news since last
year. Like how the app locker work in your phone, the feature adds puts a lock
over your private chat conversations which can unlocked using your biometric
details like fingerprints or face.
Note that you will
receive the authentication feature based on the iPhone model you are using. If
you are using iPhone X or any device from iPhone X family, you will get the
Face ID option. Those using older iPhone models will receive the Touch ID mode
for the authentication. WhatsApp has clearly sated on its website that the
feature is available on iPhone 5s or later and on iOS 9 and above.
Before you learn how to activate the feature, you should know that the
feature will not hide your chats from the notification panel. It still depends
on your settings. You will continue to see the chats in your notification panel
if you have kept the feature activated. You will be able to read as well as
reply to chats from the notification bar and also answer WhatsApp calls without
having to unlock the chat app.
How to activate the WhatsApp Face
ID/Touch ID feature in your iPhone:
Open WhatsApp
Go to Settings
Tap on Account
Select Privacy
Tap on Security
Select Screen Lock
Turn on the Touch ID or Face ID.
You can tap to choose if you want the biometric authentication to apply
immediately or after an interval of a minute, 15 minutes, or an hour.
Once done your WhatsApp will be locked and you will have to enter your
biometric detail to unlock it.
Note-:
Ø WhatsApp has added
a Touch ID/Face ID security feature to the chat platform .
Ø The feature,
however, is available only for iOS users for now.
Ø WhatsApp Face ID
authentication feature has been in news since last year.
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