WhatsApp is changing how contacts work

Today, WhatsApp has announced an important overhaul of how it handles contacts. Up until this point, contacts in WhatsApp are the contacts on the phone it's installed on. That can be a problem for those who lose their phone and don't have backups of their contacts, for example. This can also be a headache for those who share a phone, as well as those who manage multiple accounts with separate contacts on one device.

Thankfully, though, WhatsApp has a solution: a built-in contact manager. This will let you save contacts in the app, and so you won't lose them if you switch phones.



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