WhatsApp Web is a free online version of the popular messenger that works from a browser without downloading and installing.
If you talk a lot and often on WhatsApp, you have to type a lot of text on your phone, which is not always convenient. To simplify this process, a separate version of WhatsApp was developed for the browser, which works on any operating system (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
Important! The web version of WhatsApp is not a separate application or accant, but only allows you to use your main account on a computer in a browser. This means that for it to work, you must have a valid account on your phone and an installed application. Without the application, authorization in the browser will fail.
In order to use the web version of the whatsapp you need to follow a few simple steps:
Step 1. Open a browser on the computer on which you want to run the web version of WhatsApp. To do this, go to https://web.whatsapp.com/ You will see a page with a QR code, which will be required later for authorization.
Step 2. Open the WhatsApp application on your phone and go to the menu (dotted icon in the upper right corner). You must already be registered and authorized in the mobile app.
Step 3. Go to Menu to item “Linked devices”
Step 4.If you have previously used WhatsApp Web, when you click on a menu item, a screen with a list of previously connected devices will open. If this is the first connection, the screen will not be shown. To log in from a new browser, you must click on the “LINK A DEVICE”.
Step 5.If you are using biometrics or a password, you must scan your fingerprint or enter your phone unlock password to continue.
Step 6.After unlick phone the camera on the phone is activated and then you need to point it to the QR code that is displayed on the computer screen (step 1). After the code is scanned, a list of all contacts and chats opens in the computer’s browser. After that, the Web version of WhatsApp can be used in parallel with the phone.
Important! For the WhatsApp Web messenger to work in a browser, both the phone and the computer must be connected to the Internet.
Yes. Without the installed application on the phone, the browser will not be able to log in.
You can use any browser: Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge.
WhatsApp browser version works on any operating system.
Yes. Everything sent from the computer will be displayed in the application on the phone. And vice versa.
You will receive a notification in the browser that the phone is not connected. At the same time, the web version of WhatsApp will stop working.
No. Audio and video calls are not available in the browser. To be able to make calls from your computer, you must install the desktop version of WhatsApp.