The duplicated app will show up on the launcher with a blue badge next to the app icon.įor Xiaomi smartphones, go to your phone's settings and click on ‘Dual Apps’. The cloned app is identified with an orange badge.įor Huawei and Honor smartphones, go to ‘Apps’ under device settings and click on ‘App twin’ and pick WhatsApp. Go to ‘Settings’, click on ‘Apps’ and then on ‘Parallel Apps’. Samsung also lets you maintain two separate contact lists for the two apps, which is great because you will not end up texting someone by mistake from the wrong number if you can keep your contact lists differentiated and clear. Here you will be able to select which app you want to clone and the cloned app will show up on the launcher with a badge. Go to ‘Settings’, click on ‘Advanced Features’ and then on ‘Dual Messenger’. In case you didn’t do it earlier, you can do it now. If you are using a Samsung smartphone with One UI, the device might have asked if you wanted to use a secondary WhatsApp account when you were installing the app. With this option, the notifications get handled natively and the phone separates your secondary account with a badge so you are not confused while texting. If your smartphone already has this option, this is the easiest and the most convenient way to use two numbers on WhatsApp from the same phone.
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This depends entirely upon the phone brand, the model and the version of the software it is running on. Many smartphones come with an in-built feature that lets users have two separate accounts on the same messaging app. In case it does not - there are ways to work around it. So if your phone has the app clone or the work profile option, you can easily use two different phone numbers for two of those apps.