We can clearly say that WhatsApp is the mobile application of the moment. It has 800 million active users all over the world, but every day, around million people are registering to this app. In 2014, WhatsApp was purchased by Facebook for 19 billion dollars and since then, we’ve seen a lot of chances in this great mobile application.
There were some changes that not many users enjoyed, such as the blue ticks for read receipts, making lot of users to install WhatsApp Plus application on their mobile devices.
However, today we’re not going to talk about WhatsApp on mobile devices and instead we’re going to talk on how to use WhatsApp on your computer. It’s been a while since a lot of users have asked the WhatsApp developers to release a full WhatsApp version for PC, but that didn’t happen.
Instead, the developers have released a “WhatsApp Web” feature which can be used to log into your WhatsApp account on your PC via Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera.
Using WhatsApp Web on your PC
As we told you above, WhatsApp Web is not a full version of WhatsApp. This means that in order to use it, your device will still need to be connected to the internet. At the same time, WhatsApp application from your mobile device will need to run on your device or else WhatsApp Web will not synchronize and it will not work.
With other words, in case your mobile phone runs out of battery, WhatsApp Web will not function anymore.
So, in order to use WhatsApp, you will need to use one of these three browsers on your PC: Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera. WhatsApp’s developers said that they are going to support more browsers in the future but for now, only these three are working. After opening one of these three browsers, head to web.whatsapp.com and you will notice a QR code somewhere on left-middle of the page.
In order to log into your WhatsApp account, you will have to scan that QR code with your mobile device. To scan it, open WhatsApp on your mobile device, select menu and tap on “WhatsApp Web”. Once you tap on WhatsApp Web, the camera will open, which will allow you to scan the QR code. When the QR code is scanned, you will be automatically logged into your WhatsApp account.
However, as we told you above, you are quite limited and you will need to keep the WhatsApp application running on your device and at the same time, the device needs to stay connected to the internet.
You will be able to send files, take photos with your webcam, record short voice clips and send emojis.
Have you used WhatsApp Web on your computer yet? Tell us your thoughts about it!
- PAU
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