WhatsApp typically relies on the smartphone address book it runs on to hold and manage contacts. But that can be a problem for users who lose their device and fail to back up their phone’s contacts, people who share phones, or those who manage multiple accounts with separate contacts on one device.

WhatsApp just announced that it’ll soon let users add contacts from any device, and not just a primary phone, thus solving one of life’s little annoyances. A forthcoming update will let people add and manage contacts via the web client,

Meta has announced a WhatsApp update which will make it easier to add contacts from any device. When the update rolls out, users can add and manage

The chat app will let you upload contacts directly to WhatsApp itself, and eventually allow for adding contacts by username.