You will be able to verify your identity with an email address on WhatsApp with a future update. However, phone verification will remain the main way to verify yourself for the app.
WhatsApp has been working on adding more privacy options to its platform recently, and since August, the chat app’s developers have been working on adding an email-based user verification system. Android Police reports that the feature is now inching closer to a wider release and more beta testers on Android are getting it.
The info comes from WABetaInfo, and the publication notes that the email verification system is currently under development.
