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Last updated: March 19th, 2024 at 14:14 UTC+01:00
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Dual Messenger, as the name may or may not suggest, clones social networking apps that do not officially support multiple accounts to get around the limitation. Basically, once you enable Dual Messenger for an app (for example, WhatsApp or Facebook), you will see two versions of the same app in your app drawer (with the second version indicated by a chain icon in the bottom-right corner). You can login with a different account on each version of the app, and since they act as totally separate apps, you can even use the two at the same time in Multi Window mode.
Dual Messenger only works with apps that do not officially support multiple accounts, and you will be able to use major ones like Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Snapchat. It's located in the Settings » Advanced Features menu; it's not exactly easy to discover if you're not aware the feature exists, but Dual Messenger works extremely well so we're not complaining.
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Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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