There is no option to attach video or audio files, start group chats (although you can reply to pre-existing group messages), make calls (audio or video), share your location, back-up messages, edit images, etc. You can then chose whether you want to have desktop notifications and sounds activated (a good feature if you are chatting on the sly at work).The feature set in WhatsApp for PC is pretty limited at the moment,you can only send normal text-based messages or photos. Once that’s done, your contacts will be ported to the web version and you’re ready to start chatting, although it’s worth noting that the web version only works while you have an active internet connection. To set it up, you need to scan the QR code on ' by accessing the WhatsApp Web option in the main menu of the mobile app on. Although, WhatsApp for Web differs from Facebook Messenger because it uses end-to-end encryption when sending messages, so messages remain on the phone rather than being stored on the web. While there has been much speculation about what direction Facebook would take the messaging app since its acquisition, it seems that producing rival products is still on the agenda. Rumors of a web/desktop version from the Facebook-owned company have been floating around for months, and were given further weight when Telegram founder Pavel Durov accused the company of trying to poach its web developer (among other things).
There is a small caveat here in the WhatsApp for PC version: only Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry smart phone users can take advantage of the web app for PC and Mac,iOS people, you will have to wait due to Apple platform limitations. Softonic-recensie WhatsApp wings its way to the webįinally, one of the worst kept secrets in the tech world has come to fruition: WhatsApp has been working on a web client and now it is available for Chrome, Firefox and Opera browsers (sorry Internet Explorer, and other browser users).