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Earlier this year, the company said, it rolled out Touch ID and Face ID for iPhone<\/a> users to provide an extra layer of security for WhatsApp users. \"Today we’re introducing similar authentication, allowing you to unlock the app with your fingerprint<\/a>, on supported Android phones,\" the company said in a statement.
To enable it, users have to tap settings, followed by clicking on the account option and then privacy and fingerprint lock. Users need to turn on unlock with fingerprint, and then confirm their fingerprint.
As per media reports, users testing the beta version on their phones could still reply to messages seen from notifications and could answer calls even when the app is locked. Users in the beta mode could choose the duration for which the app should stay unlocked after the opened it with fingerprint and could lock the app after 1 minute or 30 minutes. If they disabled the show content in notifications options in the beta testing, WhatsApp would no longer show the sender and message alerts if the fingerprint lock feature was enabled.
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今年早些时候,该公司表示,它推出了触摸ID和IDiPhone用户为WhatsApp用户提供一个额外的安全层。“今天我们介绍类似的认证,允许你打开应用程序指纹在支持Android手机,”该公司在一份声明中说。
启用它,用户点击设置,然后点击帐户选项然后隐私和指纹锁。用户需要打开与指纹解锁,然后确认他们的指纹。
根据媒体报道,用户在他们的手机测试beta版本仍然可以回复消息从通知,可以接听电话,即使应用程序被锁定。用户在测试模式可以选择应用的时间应该保持与指纹锁打开后,可以锁定应用程序后1分钟30分钟。如果他们禁用测试显示内容通知选项,WhatsApp将不再显示发件人和消息提醒,如果指纹锁功能启用。
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