If you employ two completely different WhatsApp accounts, you’ll quickly be capable of entry each from only one gadget. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that WhatsApp is rolling out the flexibility to modify between accounts on Android, and also you gained’t must lug round an additional gadget or constantly log off of your account to have the ability to accomplish that.

This new characteristic ought to make it simpler to handle your conversations throughout a number of accounts, like when you’ve got one WhatsApp account for work and one other for messaging family and friends members. It’s rolling out within the coming weeks.

Meta notes that you simply’ll nonetheless want a separate telephone quantity and SIM card (or a telephone that accepts multi-SIM or eSIM) if you wish to arrange a second account. You’ll additionally want the second telephone or its SIM card to obtain the one-time passcode that WhatsApp will ship through SMS to realize entry to your second account on a unique gadget. After this preliminary verification, the app will proceed to work for each accounts with out the second gadget or SIM, says WhatsApp spokesperson Ellie Heatrick.