With this tool, you can send multimedia content, create and manage groups, save conversations, make changes to your profile, and even take photos with your computer's built-in camera. Once that's done, all conversations and contacts on your WhatsApp will be synced so you can talk to them from your Mac just like you would on your smartphone. Just like in the web version, you need to sync your mobile client with the program using a QR code (you need to scan it and follow the instructions featured in WhatsApp Desktop's main interface).

Luckily, there's a new official version that, despite being based on WhatsApp's web app, lets you use it directly as if it was just another app, without the need to open a browser. Once you scan the QR code from your smartphone, you will see all your chats in the WhatsApp desktop app. The desktop app does bring in a few additional useful features like the ability to get beta updates, use keyboard shortcuts, zoom in & out to increase/decrease size of text in chat and desktop notifications (also available with WhatsApp Web).Although there is a way to enjoy your favorite chat app right from your Mac, WhatsApp Web's biggest drawback is that you can only use it from a web browser. So, if you have been hoping for a standalone WhatsApp app for Windows and Mac, you’ll be disappointed.

You open the WhatsApp desktop app and you will see a QR code that you need to scan from your smartphone’s WhatsApp app.Īlso, like WhatsApp Web, the desktop app mirrors chats from your smartphone, so you will have to keep your smartphone close and connected to mobile data or WiFi for the desktop app to work. Moreover, the process of connecting your WhatsApp account is also the same. The desktop app is almost identical to WhatsApp Web, with a similar UI and UX.

If you have been using WhatsApp Web all this while, you will feel right at home with the WhatsApp desktop apps.

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