WhatsApp to let users import profile photo from Facebook, Instagram soon

With more than three billion active users, WhatsApp is the most popular messenger app worldwide on all platforms, including iOS and Android. To control the attrition of subscribers, Meta-owned entity, from time to time, rolls out new features.

Last week, Meta introduced a generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI)-based 'Imagine Me' feature to WhatsApp and Instagram.

Now, it has begun testing another value-added feature to enhance the user experience on the messenger app.

WhatsApp will allow users to import their profile photo from their Instagram and Facebook accounts, reported WABetaInfo, citing the latest WhatsApp beta for Android (v2.25.21.23).

Currently, users have to manually download profile photos from Instagram and Facebook to their phone's gallery app. And then reupload the same photo to change their Display Photo on WhatsApp.

WhatsApp testing new feature to import DP from Facebook and Instagram.

With shortcut to import the DP directly from Facebook or Instagram saves a lot of time for WhatsApp users.

In a related development, WhatsApp is testing another value-added feature that allows users to set up a secondary account on a single phone

The user will get two options to add a second account to the phone: 1) By registering a new phone number, and 2) By linking an existing account through a QR code.

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