Meta-owned WhatsApp is often working on new updates to roll out to make user experience on the platform smoother and secure. While WhatsApp rolled out the feature to link your account on more than one device ages ago, a new update makes it possible for users to stay connected to their WhatsApp account on four different devices and one smartphone simultaneously.

The instant-messaging platform will now allow users to link their WhatsApp account on four devices and a phone, making it easier to stay connected on web and desktop.

All your personal messages, media, calls will stay secure with end-to-end encryption that will work on all your linked devices. “Your personal messages, media, and calls are end-to-end encrypted. Each linked device connects to WhatsApp independently while maintaining the same level of privacy and security through end-to-end encryption that people who use WhatsApp have come to expect,” WhatsApp said.

Your smartphone doesn’t need to stay connected or be online for you to use WhatsApp on linked devices. However, your linked devices will automatically log out if you do not use your smartphone for over 14 days.

In order to use the feature or link any new device to your WhatsApp account, you need to register your smartphone on the instant-messaging platform.

If you do not know where all you have linked your WhatsApp on, then go to your WhatsApp Settings, click on Linked Devices and then review all the devices where you have linked your WhatsApp account. In case you want to remove an account, click on the device mentioned in the list and tap on ‘Log Out’ option. Meanwhile, Meta-owned platform has also rolled out two new updates for Groups that gives more controls to admins, while also letting people easily spot groups that they have in common with any of their contacts. The new features related to Group which will start rolling out on WhatsApp globally over the coming weeks.