This month Facebook, owner of the popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp dropped a great big surprise in everyone’s lap: a dedicated desktop app for Windows and Mac. The new app is compatible with devices running either Windows 8+ and Mac OS 10.9 and above.
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To download the app, users will have to visit https://www.whatsapp.com/download on a desktop browser, open the app and scan the QR code using the WhatsApp app on their phones. For the first time ever WhatsApp users could access their messages on their desktop (and no, the shaky WhatsApp Web browser client doesn’t count).
WhatsApp desktop app for PC/Mac was released several days ago, which supports desktop notifications, better keyboard shortcuts, and more.
It looks like a pretty calculated move for the WhatsApp developers as it recorded a ballpark number of one billion users, to date. You can get the Android app in the PlayStore and the Desktop “Companion” app from WhatsApp Here. The desktop version also relies on the mobile application so users should keep their WhatsApp mobile online.
“Today we’re introducing a desktop app so you have a new way to stay in touch anytime and anywhere – whether on your phone or computer at home or work”.
Finally, WhatsApp for desktop has been launched.
Facebook’s WhatsApp already has more than a billion monthly users. With this latest development, the messaging platform joins its cousin Facebook Messenger and Microsoft-owned Skype.
WhatsApp on desktop is now available! Now with the new updates to the application users will be able to send the cross files to each other even if they are on Windows and Mac.
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Overall, what WhatsApp have done, works very well on the whole. It has constantly been making improvements to the app, including offering users enhanced privacy by rolling out end-to-end encryption on its mobile app. In South Korea, Japan, and China, the most popular app in each country tends to be the locally-developed ones. WhatsApp Web has a simple interface with a left-hand sidebar displaying conversations and the bulk of the screen displaying the selected conversation.
