How to open whatsapp in web
How to use WhatsApp Web
WhatsApp, the messaging service owned by Facebook, is one of the most popular online international communication services on the planet. WhatsApp Web is a browser version of the WhatsApp Messenger chat and video/voice calling app from iOS and Android. Desktop WhatsApp comes in two flavors — a downloadable system app for Mac and Windows or the ability to operate directly from the browser.
Contents
- How to use WhatsApp Web for iOS 15
- How to use WhatsApp for Android 12
- WhatsApp Web features
- Sending messages
- Install WhatsApp on your system
- Desktop video calling on the horizon
Difficulty
Easy
Duration
15 minutes
What You Need
WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop function as extensions of your mobile WhatsApp account, and all messages are synced between your phone and your computer, so you can view conversations on any device regardless of where they are initiated. Here, we’ll walk you through how to use the WhatsApp browser app.
The process and interface are identical in iOS 14 and iOS 15. Similarly, the Android 12 interface is the same as the previous version.
How to use WhatsApp Web for iOS 15
Using WhatsApp for iOS 15 is easy, just follow these steps.
Step 1: To launch WhatsApp Web, just click on its URL in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, or Edge and scan the QR code on the page with the WhatsApp mobile app from your phone. WhatsApp Web automatically launches in the browser and remains active until you log out on your computer or phone.
Step 2: Go to the WhatsApp website to link WhatsApp Web with your mobile phone app.
Step 3: Launch WhatsApp on your iPhone or Android mobile phone.
Step 4: Scan the QR code that appears on the site with your phone open to WhatsApp.
Step 5: On the iPhone, select Settings > WhatsApp Web/Desktop.
Step 6: Choose Scan QR code and hold your phone up to the code to pair it.
How to use WhatsApp for Android 12
For Android 12, here are the steps to follow after opening the WhatsApp website on your computer:
Step 1: On Android phones, launch WhatsApp and select the three dots at the upper right from the Chat pane.
Step 2: Select Linked devices and then select Link a device.
Step 3: Hold your phone up to the QR code on your computer to pair it.
Step 4: Your smartphone account is now linked to the web version of the app.
Step 5: From there you can send and receive messages from your computer’s desktop browser.
WhatsApp Web features
After scanning the QR code, you can view your WhatsApp chat list directly on the web page. On the left, you can see your chats by clicking a contact to open the chat and your message history, if you saved it.
On the top left of the Web page, three icons are available: Status, New chat, and Menu, which offers a list of nested options. The Status option reveals all statuses posted by your contacts along with the ability to respond from the reply area at the bottom of the pane. Clicking New chat opens the contacts list on the left side of the page. From here, you can create a new group or begin a conversation.
The three-dot drop-down menu lets you create a new group, change information in your profile, search archived chats, view starred messages, change settings like notifications and chat wallpaper, or log out.
Sending messages
WhatsApp Web is as easy to use as the mobile app, and the interface will look familiar.
Step 1: To send a message from your desktop, click on an existing chat or click on the New chat icon and select the contact you wish to interact with. Here, you can see previous chats, if they are saved, or alternately you see the message bar at the bottom.
Step 2: Click on the Type a message bar and start chatting.
Step 3: When you’re done with your message, click the Enter key on your keyboard to transmit — or just click on the Send icon.
Step 4: If you want to include documents, images, or recordings, just attach the files from your desktop and send them as you would any other message by clicking on the paper clip Attach icon at the bottom of the current chat.
Install WhatsApp on your system
Additionally, WhatsApp gives users the option to have a Windows or Mac desktop client that you can download directly from the app’s website.
Step 1: Follow the installer’s instruction prompts once you download the app (which is essentially just a replica of the web-based app) on Windows. If you’re using a Mac, you can launch WhatsApp once you drag the icon to your Applications folder.
Step 2: Launch it, and you’ll receive a message asking you to scan a QR code on both the web browser version and the web app.
Remember that WhatsApp keeps you signed in until you manually sign out.
Step 3: When you’re ready to sign out, navigate to the WhatsApp menu on your cell phone and select Log out from all devices. If you’re on a computer, you can click the three-dot icon at the top of the message and select the Log out button.
Desktop video calling on the horizon
WhatsApp has announced exciting new plans to employ multi-party desktop videoconferencing in its web app. This endeavor will allow a maximum of 50 participants in each call. These plans will make WhatsApp an effective alternative to Zoom, Skype, and Google Meet, offering a fantastic convenience to WhatsApp users worldwide. Unfortunately, users can’t take advantage of this feature just yet since it’s still in the unreleased beta version. But if you have the app’s mobile version, you can set up a group video chat.
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Here's how to use WhatsApp web on your PC, laptop or tablet
View WhatsApp messages on a PC, laptop or tablet with WhatsApp Web.
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India Today Web Desk
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 7, 2019 15:42 IST
By India Today Web Desk: Still using WhatsApp on your phone? There are ways to get around this on your tablet and on a personal computer. Whatsapp Web syncs with the mobile app to let you send and receive WhatsApp messages from your computer. Any action you take on the phone will apply to WhatsApp on your computer and vice versa. You can access WhatsApp on both your phone and your computer.
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You can use WhatsApp on your computer in two ways:
Here's how to view WhatsApp in a web browser:-
Open your PC, laptop or tablet browser and head to web.whatsapp.com
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On an Android phone open WhatsApp, tap the three dots at the top right and choose WhatsApp web.
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On an iPhone start WhatsApp, tap the settings icon at the bottom left and choose WhatsApp web/desktop.
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You'll be prompted to use your smartphone's camera to scan the QR code visible in your computer's web browser.
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Then point your phone camera at the computer screen to scan the code.
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Whatsapp web will automatically launch in the browser and will remain active until you log out either from your computer or your phone.
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You can select this option on your phone by returning to the WhatsApp Web menu and choose to log out from all devices.
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For logging out from your PC you can do it by tapping the three dots icon at the top of the conversation thread, then choose Log out.
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Install the WhatsApp web desktop application, available for PC or Mac from whatapp.com/download.
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Click the green download button to install the WhatsApp application on your computer.
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Then find that file in your downloads folder and double-click it to install.
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On a Windows computer, you should follow the steps in the installer' and on a Mac simply drag the WhatsApp icon to your applications folder.
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Start the WhatsApp desktop application and the process is the same as above.
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The app will keep you logged into WhatsApp until you choose to log out.
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Note: Whatsapp can only be installed on your computer if your operating system is Windows 8 (or newer) or Mac OSX 10.9 (or newer).
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Edited By:
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Published On:
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How WhatsApp Web works, or How to use WhatsApp on a computer
Despite the popularity of WhatsApp, this is a very non-universal messenger.
Unlike Telegram, WhatsApp cannot work simultaneously on several devices. Or rather, maybe, but with a number of significant reservations. The reason for this, as it turned out, was a problem in the message synchronization mechanism. That is, WhatsApp is not able to track progress from one device to another if they are both offline at that time. In short, game. Nevertheless, the messenger has a web version, but it works far from being as obvious as it might seem. nine0005
WhatsApp Web can be launched in a browser on any computer
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browser power and is intended exclusively for desktop devices. In other words, for computers. Because running it on a smartphone in normal mode will not work. You can read more about this in this article. nine0005
How to transfer WhatsApp to a computer
Since WhatsApp is able to work on several devices at once only rather conditionally, in order to connect to WhatsApp Web , you will need a smartphone.
Even though the developers claim that they have canceled the binding of the web version to the mobile one, technically it is still there. True, now the device is needed not to maintain the messenger on the computer, but for authorization. But what does it change?
- Go to web.whatsapp.com from your computer; nine0024
You can only connect to WhatsApp Web using your smartphone
- Open WhatsApp on your Android or iOS phone;
- Press "Menu" or "Settings" and open the QR code scanner;
You still won't be able to connect without a smartphone
- Point your phone at the screen and read the QR code;
- Confirm linking the device to your account and scan the QR code on the PC screen again if required.
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If earlier it was necessary that the smartphone always remain in line of sight from the computer running WhatsApp Web , now it is in the past.
WhatsApp from the phone is no longer relayed to the computer, but is needed simply for pairing. It became more convenient. But the authorization procedure will have to be performed every time after logging out of WhatsApp Web .
Since all messages in WhatsApp Web no longer pass through your smartphone, then the traffic will not be spent, regardless of the amount of data transmitted or received through the desktop version of the messenger. Therefore, it makes no difference how connects to WhatsApp Web : via LTE or Wi-Fi. But keep in mind that when using cellular networks, the load will fall on the mobile Internet, which for most users is not unlimited.
How to disable WhatsApp Web
If you don't want use whatsapp in browser , you can download whatsapp version for computer from this link. It installs like a normal application. But fundamentally, the experience of use will not change this.
The desktop version of WhatsApp , like the browser version, requires pairing with a smartphone for the first access, although it has ceased to serve as a kind of hub.
You also need to disconnect WhatsApp Web from computer correctly. That is, just close the browser tab and leave will not work. If you do this, the messenger will remain open and anyone who can access this computer - especially if it is not your personal one - will be able to access the contents of your WhatsApp. Therefore, you need to act strictly according to the instructions:
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- Open WhatsApp Web in a computer browser;
- Wait for its contents to load;
You no longer need a smartphone to log out of WhatsApp Web
- In the upper left corner, click on the three dots;
- In the drop-down box, click "Exit" and confirm the exit.
Only after that the device will be unlinked from your account, and WhatsApp web version will stop working on the computer.
From now on, if you want to access the messenger on the desktop, will have to connect to WhatsApp Web again, following the instructions above. It may not be as convenient, but it is much more secure.
Whatsapp can make it so that no one knows you're online
This year has been a very busy one for WhatsApp. It could not be otherwise, because this messenger urgently needs to offer something interesting and catch up with Telegram, while it has an advantage only in functions, but not in the audience. Otherwise, it will be difficult to change something later. Thanks to the productive work of the developers, WhatsApp constantly receives some updates. Among the latter, we can recall the ability to send files up to 2 GB in size, as well as add up to 512 people to groups and communities. And that's all in the last three months. But that's not all. nine0005
Being invisible on WhatsApp will soon become the norm.
Content
- 1 Whatsapp security
- 2 Is it possible to sit on WhatsApp without being seen
- 3 Visiting WhatsApp discreetly
- 4 Whatsapp new features
Whatsapp security never forgets
Last month, some new controls were announced that allow users to hide their profile pictures and last seen time from certain contacts.
These are important features that allow to increase the loyalty of the audience , which has recently been greatly shaken. But that's not all, and the application is not yet complete. The developers intend to add more detailed privacy controls to with another new feature.
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Is it possible to sit on WhatsApp without being seen
WABetaInfo has discovered what new feature the company is working on for a future version of WhatsApp. It will allow users hide your online status . While there is not much information about this, but there is one screenshot. It was made in an application for iOS, but there is no doubt that the function will not be limited to this operating system. Moreover, it will appear not only in the Android version, but also in WhatsApp Web.
The changes will affect not only the mobile, but also the browser version of the messenger.
To access the new feature, you will need to open " Last seen " under Settings " Privacy ". This is where the new element will appear. It's at the bottom and offers two status visibility options to choose from. The primary default will be to make your online status always visible to everyone.
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Invisible visit to WhatsApp
If this does not suit you, you can choose an alternative option - " Same as last visit ". It's a bit confusing at first, but once you figure it out, it becomes clearer. If this item is selected, then the settings for displaying your status will be seen by those who receive a mark of respect from you. There are four options to choose from: Everyone, My Contacts, Extended Contacts, or Nobody. nine0005
That's all we have for now. But here you can see what will change in the messenger settings.
The feature will almost certainly work in the same way as read receipts.
That is, it will be impossible to hide from a person without showing him your status . As a price for this, you will not be able to see his online presence status. But such a function will still be useful for those who do not want to once again demonstrate to everyone that they launched the application and read messages. The reasons may be different, but having such a feature gives you more privacy options. nine0005
Whatsapp new features
WhatsApp now has registered more than one and a half billion users . Given that there are about eight billion people in the world, including babies and the elderly, with such an audience it can really be considered popular. The audience of the second most popular messenger - Telegram - even up to a billion users is still growing and growing .
WhatsApp's success lies in its huge audience.
At one time, its growth was explosive amid security problems, constant crashes and WhatsApp leaks, but recently the developers have taken up their minds and things have gone smoother for WhatsApp.
