In recent weeks it seems that WhatsApp has put the batteries in the development of its iPhone app. The official app received compatibility with the stickers and recently we also saw a possible dark mode on the way. The following are surely the improvements when adding contacts, with QR codes.
Scan To Share Phone Number
News from official media verifies that Facebook is preparing a functionality for WhatsApp with which you can add contacts more quickly. To do this, you need to use QR codes, one associated with each profile or WhatsApp account so that when you scan it from another phone. you will give us all the contact information.
This functionality is especially useful for sharing our contact with other people quickly. It is something that we have seen in other social networks such as Snapchat, Facebook Messenger or Twitter for example. Whether it is used or not is already something else.
Two details about these WhatsApp QR codes. The first one is that we can create a new one if we do not want to use the old one for whatever reason. By doing so we can “cancel” the previous one so that it no longer shares the information when it is scanned. Although it seems that it will be limited the times that we can cancel old codes. On the other hand, it seems that the QR codes will automatically fill in the contact information as soon as they are scanned, they will even save the contact in our calendar.
This new functionality seems to be designed more for companies than for users. Although users can also make use of it, it is the companies of WhatsApp Business that will benefit, since they can simply publish their QR so that customers can contact them more easily. Maybe in the next few weeks, we’ll know more about it.