If you’ve never used it before, picture it like this: it’s a standalone replacement for the text messaging service that came with your smartphone, replacing all of your messaging functions with one comprehensive (and free) application. Appamatix will take care of the rest! AdvertisementĪmong those mobile messaging services that’s remained at the pinnacle of the pile, WhatsApp remains one of the most popular.
All you’ll need to bring to the table is your Macbook Pro, your phone, and your web browser of choice–be it Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or even Apple Safari. The launch of new desktop clients, as well as default end-to-end encryption, comes as WhatsApp tests out B2C accounts, which would give it a much-needed new revenue source after dropping its 99 cent annual subscription fee.You wouldn’t think that WhatsApp and Apple’s laptop Macbook Pro would be particularly good buddies–the app was born on smartphones, after all–but we’ve got a series of tips and tricks that will help you get the popular messaging app up and running on your laptop. WhatsApp’s success in countries like India, Brazil, and South Africa is of course driven by the high penetration of smartphones in those markets, but giving power users–especially people who rely on WhatsApp for work communications–desktop options helps it competes against other messaging services, like iMessenger, WeChat, and Skype. The company said in an announcement “our desktop app is simply an extension of your phone,” with all messages synced between devices.
People who have already been using WhatsApp in their web browsers will find that the software isn’t significantly different. The release comes about 15 months after WhatsApp released its first web app. WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service that claims a billion users, has launched desktop clients for Mac and Windows.
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