One of the limitations of WhatsApp is that you can only use it on your phone. If you are not carrying your phone, you're stuck without WhatsApp. Well, not anymore. WhatsApp has rolled out WhatsApp Web that lets you use WhatsApp inside a desktop browser. Here are instructions on how to setup WhatsApp Web.
You can now use the WhatsApp messenger on your Mac or Windows PC provided you have the WhatsApp app running on a mobile phone that is not an iPhone.
Go to web.whatsapp.com on your desktop, scan the QR code on the screen with WhatsApp on your phone and you can instantly send or receive messages to any of your WhatsApp contacts from the computer.
WhatsApp supports desktop notifications in Google Chrome so you can read your messages even if the WhatsApp web app is open in some background tab.
The other benefit is that you can send pictures from your desktop or the DSLR SD card without having to transfer the bulky file to your mobile. There’s no support for sending audio or video files though.
The other limitation is that your mobile phone should be connected to the Internet for you to use WhatsApp on the web.
If you right-click on the profile picture of any WhatsApp contact, you’ll get a link that looks something like this;
https://web.whatsapp.com/pp?t=s&u=919760008596
Here the blue string represents the phone number of your contact with the country code while the red string (t=s) represents the size of the picture thumbnail. If you replace t=s in the URL with t=l, you’ll get the bigger version profile picture of that contact.
Video : Use Whatsapp on Desktop Or Laptop
You can now use the WhatsApp messenger on your Mac or Windows PC provided you have the WhatsApp app running on a mobile phone that is not an iPhone.
Go to web.whatsapp.com on your desktop, scan the QR code on the screen with WhatsApp on your phone and you can instantly send or receive messages to any of your WhatsApp contacts from the computer.
The other benefit is that you can send pictures from your desktop or the DSLR SD card without having to transfer the bulky file to your mobile. There’s no support for sending audio or video files though.
The other limitation is that your mobile phone should be connected to the Internet for you to use WhatsApp on the web.
If you right-click on the profile picture of any WhatsApp contact, you’ll get a link that looks something like this;
https://web.whatsapp.com/pp?t=s&u=919760008596
Here the blue string represents the phone number of your contact with the country code while the red string (t=s) represents the size of the picture thumbnail. If you replace t=s in the URL with t=l, you’ll get the bigger version profile picture of that contact.
Video : Use Whatsapp on Desktop Or Laptop