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India Today Web Desk
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jul 15, 2020 18:24 IST
How to use WhatsApp on laptop and PC
By India Today Web Desk: As most of you already know, WhatsApp is a messaging app that lets user’s text, chat, and share media, including voice messages and video, with individuals or groups. Other than using WhatsApp on phones you can get it on your personal computer and laptop also. Whatsapp Web syncs with the mobile app to let you send and receive WhatsApp messages from your computer. You can access WhatsApp on both your phone and your computer at the same time.
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There are two ways you can use WhatsApp on your computer:WhatsApp Web and Desktop are computer-based extensions of the WhatsApp account on your phone. The messages you send and receive are synced between your phone and computer, and you can see your messages on both devices.
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Most people are familiar with using WhatsApp via a mobile app on their phone, but not everyone is aware that it's also possible to use WhatsApp on the computer desktop — either in a web browser or using a desktop app.
The main difference? You still need to log into WhatsApp on the computer using your WhatsApp mobile app.
There are two ways to access your WhatsApp account on your PC or Mac computer:
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Once you've opened the webpage or installed and run the desktop app, you should see a QR code on your computer.
2. Start WhatsApp on your phone.
3. Tap Settings. On iPhone, you'll find Settings at the bottom right of the screen, but on Android tap the three-dot menu at the top right and then choose Settings in the drop-down menu.
4. To the right of your account name, tap the QR code icon.
5. On the QR code screen, get ready to scan. On iPhone, tap Scan at the bottom of the page; on Android, tap the Scan Code tab at the top.
Point your phone at the QR code on the computer. Dave Johnson6.
Point your phone's camera at the QR code in WhatsApp on your computer.
7. If this is your first time using WhatsApp on the computer, you will see the Device Login Detected pop-up. Tap Continue and then tap Link a Device.
For a rundown on all the different ways to use WhatsApp, see our guide to the popular messaging app.
Once you've linked your computer and mobile app, you should see your WhatsApp Chats page in the web app or desktop app. Everything you do on either the computer or mobile app will be kept in sync and mirrored on the other device. New messages will appear in bold and you'll hear a notification on your computer. Click any conversation to reply from your computer.
WhatsApp web replicates the chat conversations from your mobile app.
Dave Johnson WhatsApp offers other features on the computer as well:
There are some significant advantages to using WhatsApp Web or the desktop app. It's often easier to type using a real mouse and keyboard, for example, and you can keep WhatsApp on the screen, side by side with other windows to copy and paste information into chat messages.
And you can easily log into more than one WhatsApp account at the same time just by opening them in different WhatsApp Web browser windows.
On the other hand, be aware that you always need your phone to log into WhatsApp on the computer — there's no way to use WhatsApp Web without your mobile app.
Dave Johnson
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Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts.
Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.
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Hello, dear readers of the KtoNaNovenkogo.ru blog. At one time, I wrote a comparative article about Viber and Vatsap, where I briefly described the functionality of these applications for mobile phones and held a vote on which program turned out better. However, it is not always convenient to use these applications from a mobile phone and I would like to be able to use, for example, WhatsApp on computer (it’s much faster to print, and indeed, since you’re sitting at a PC, there’s no need to hold a cell phone in your hands - I already wrote about this in an article about the Viber program for a computer).
In general, the online version of the program called WhatsApp Web is available on the official website since the summer of 2016. This greatly simplifies the use of this program (what is it?) on a computer. Thus, today there are two main options for using WhatsApp on a PC - it's online, that is, through a browser (web version) or by installing a special WhatsAppSetup application from the official website to your computer. Let's quickly review them...
To avoid problems during installation, consider a few basic important nuances:
As I mentioned, it is especially important that that WhatsApp is installed on your mobile phone . To do this, simply go to the application manager on your mobile phone and drive in the search bar "Whatsapp".
Install the found application (note that it has already been installed by at least a billion users before you) and follow the steps of the wizard (the application is linked to your mobile phone number, which will need to be confirmed).
Everything is simple. nine0005
If all the above conditions are met, then we proceed directly to installing Vatsap on your computer or laptop. To do this, go to the above-mentioned official website https://www.whatsapp.com (I draw your attention to the phishing problem that has aggravated recently and advise you to follow the tips for safe network use given by the link) and go to the file download section on the tab of the same name " Download ".
There we select the operating system - Windows or Mac. Then everything is as always - select the download location on your PC, at the end of the download process, open the WhatsAppSetup.exe file and follow the steps of the installation wizard. nine0005
P.S. Personally, my installation of Vots App on a PC hung at the very beginning (on Windows 10). However, everything worked when I right-clicked on the WhatsAppSetup.exe file and selected the "Run as administrator" option:
Maybe someone else might find it useful too.
After the installation process reaches the stage shown in the screenshot below, you will need to open WhatsApp on your smartphone and follow the instructions on this page (depending on the type of your mobile device - Android, iPhone or something else): nine0005
The most important thing here is the QR code located in the upper left corner (what is it?), because it is he who will allow you to synchronize data between the version of Vatsap on a computer and on a mobile phone. Accordingly, now you will need to take your smartphone and open the WhatsApp application, then open the menu in the upper right corner (click on the three dots) and select "WhatsApp Web" :
a picture of a QR code on your computer to transfer data (synchronize two programs). nine0005
You will say (click) that “OK, I see” and you will get the opportunity to recognize the QR code, after which you will immediately see your WhatsApp contact list on your computer in a separate window of the newly installed program:
Use it is extremely simple - just a few menu items and convenient tools in the communication windows.
Recall that WhatsApp must be installed on your smartphone and running all the time while you are working with this program on your PC! If the phone is turned off, there will be no Internet on it or the application will be inactive, vatsap on the computer will also not work .
Application developers on their official website (mindful of the aspirations of their users) offer not only a version of the program for a computer, but also the ability to access WhatsApp online , t .e. through a web browser.
In this case, you don’t even need to install anything - just on the official website https://www.whatsapp.com go to the “WhatsApp Web” tab or you can immediately follow the link: https://web.whatsapp.com/ (it makes sense to add it to your browser bookmarks immediately so that you don’t look for it later).
Further, the algorithm of actions is the same as after installing the application on your computer (see just above) - go to WhatsApp from your smartphone, go there (on your phone) to the “WhatsApp Web” tab from the top drop-down menu and recognize it with your phone QR code shown on web.
whatsapp.com. nine0005
After that, you will immediately get access to the web version of WhatsApp directly from your browser window on your computer (that is, online).
True, the smartphone will still have to be kept turned on with the Vatsap application running and available Internet access. Otherwise, there will be no kin. But it’s still very convenient and glad that the developers themselves have finally taken care of the convenience of their users.
Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog KtoNaNovenkogo.ru
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Do you use Whatsapp on your phone, but often sit on your PC? Find out how to set up WhatsApp on a computer for free in a browser or without it, as well as whether it is possible to do without a phone and what problems arise.
The WhatsApp messenger has developed a web application for a computer.
Now you can download and set up WhatsApp on your PC. However, the app is only available for Windows (version 8 and up) or macOS 10.10. nine0005
Download Whatsapp for Windows 8.10 64bit
Download Whatsapp for Windows 8.10 32bit
Download Whatsapp for Mac
Setting up WhatsApp is easy, but step 5 is a bit of a hassle for many. Not everyone knows how to scan a QR code. Do this:
Then the technician will do everything without you, a semblance of a WhatsApp mobile interface will appear on the monitor.
If you need more complete instructions for installing WhatsApp on a PC, then follow the link, and then come back. nine0005
Now let's set up WhatsApp on a computer with macOS 10.10 and higher:
Download Whatsapp on Mac
nine0020 About problems. If the scan does not work, check the camera on the phone. There must be a clear focus. Nothing can be configured without this.
We will tell you why Vatsap may not be installed yet by following the link.
Now instructions for those whose PC does not support the application. For them, there is WhatsApp Web, which works in the browser.
Learn how to set up WhatsApp on a computer without downloading and installing:
You must have already set up WhatsApp on your computer. And if something went wrong, check which browser is on your PC.
Messenger developers promise that it functions well in Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Edge. Yandex also copes. But with Internet Explorer, WhatsApp does not work. There are problems - change the browser. nine0005
And the question of concern to many is how to set up WhatsApp on a computer without a phone. Let's find out if it can be done.
The official information is as follows: WhatsApp for a computer, no matter the application or browser version, is just an add-on for your phone account, and not an independent unit.
All information and actions are fully synchronized between mobile and PC. And even going to WhatsApp on a computer without a messenger turned on in the phone will not work. They only work in conjunction. And the main version is mobile.
