WhatsApp Android app will lock with fingerprint soon
The fingerprint lock option comes with beta
version 2.19.221 of WhatsApp Android. It is disabled by default. Users have to
enable it by going to WhatsApp Settings> Accounts> Privacy>
Fingerprint Unlock.
WhatsApp has made fingerprint lock feature
available for Android beta users. This feature has been available for iOS users
for a long time. The new feature comes with Android beta version 2.19.221 of
WhatsApp. But it is disabled by default. Users have to enable this feature by
going into settings. After the introduction of this feature, WhatsApp Android
users will get another facility to protect their chat. Apart from this, the
option of 'show content in notifications' has also been added. Now users will
be able to decide whether to hide or show the message when the fingerprint lock
is enabled.
As we told you, the fingerprint lock option comes
with Android beta version 2.19.221. It is disabled by default. Users have to
enable it by going to WhatsApp Settings> Accounts> Privacy>
Fingerprint Unlock. If you have updated your app to the latest version and are
not getting this feature, then we would suggest you to first backup the chat
history, then reinstall this version of the WhatsApp beta app. It is worth
noting that the phone should have at least Android Marshmallow to use this
feature. A fingerprint scanner is also necessary.
After selecting the enabled option, users will be
able to unlock WhatsApp through fingerprint authentication. There are three
options to lock automatically - immediately, 1 minute later and 20 minutes
later. Users can choose any option according to their choice. If you select the
option 'immediately', then the fingerprint authentication will have to be used
every time this app is used.
The iOS app also has a 15-minute option. But it
is not yet part of the Android app. The company is expected to rollout this
option with the stable version of WhatsApp. Android has a new option for show
content in notifications. With fingerprint lock enabled, users will be able to
decide whether they want to show or hide message and sander preview.
If you do not enable this option, then you will
be able to reply to the message from the notifications as before and will be
able to answer the WhatsApp call. Because fingerprint authentication is set
only for WhatsApp. WABetaInfo, which monitors the new feature of WhatsApp, says
that the widget content is hidden by default when the fingerprint lock feature
is enabled.
