For many years, our smartphones have not limited themselves to the possibility of accessing the Internet, but have been a repository for a huge array of valuable data – from personal correspondence and photos to payment information from bank cards and information about upcoming meetings and upcoming events that are important to us.
Therefore, to ensure our privacy, manufacturers have begun to equip smartphones with fingerprint scanners, which allow you to conveniently unlock them without entering a password every time you pick it up. And now the same opportunity has appeared in WhatsApp.
WhatsApp correspondence is worth protecting. It is best to do this with a fingerprint.
Despite the fact that support for Touch ID in WhatsApp for iOS appeared a few months ago, the Android version of the messenger was less fortunate.
For a long time, the developers tested the innovation in a closed audience, then they connected everyone to the process, but at the same time, it seemed they were in no hurry to release it to people.
How to enable fingerprint login on WhatsApp
- To enable fingerprint input, launch WhatsApp and go to “Settings”;
- Open the “Account” – “Privacy” section and activate the fingerprint login function;
- Select a blocking period: immediately, after 1 minute, or after half an hour.
Despite the fact that everyone has to set a blocking period on their own, starting from their needs, immediate blocking will be most secure.
In this case, even if you go to the desktop or another application for a second when you return to WhatsApp, it will still require you to log in using your fingerprint. Perhaps, it will seem paranoid to some, but, as you know, there is no unnecessary protection.
It is important to understand that WhatsApp blocking does not by itself hides the content of notifications about incoming messages that appear on the lock screen. Disable their display can only be done using the standard settings of the operating system.
To do this, go to “Settings” – “Notifications” – “Notifications on the lock screen” and enable the option “Show, but hide content.” After that, what is written in the notification will be hidden until the smartphone is unlocked with a fingerprint or face.
In addition, fingerprint input does not interfere with the passage of calls.
This means that even if you forbade the smartphone to show the contents of notifications on the lock screen, but someone called you through WhatsApp, not only the name of the caller will be displayed on the screen, but also a photo of his profile with the ability to answer the call without removing the lock .
This is the standard mechanism of all mobile OS, which is implemented for the convenience of users. After all, if every call could be received only after unlocking the smartphone, half of them could have been missed.
Download WhatsApp Update
If you don’t have the opportunity to download the WhatsApp update from Google Play, you are not the only one. There are many who use smartphones manufactured specifically for China that is incompatible with Google services.
Therefore, it will be most logical to download the messenger APK-file this link. After installation, it will replace the existing assembly and will work by default exactly the same as if you downloaded it from Google Play.