In the end, after the many requests from users, Whatsapp released the program to chat from Windows PC and Mac, official, to download for free and to install. The PC program comes after Whatsapp via the website, from which not only the graphical interface resumes, but also the complete functioning.
If you have already used Whatsapp from its website to chat and send messages, then you will find all the same features on the Whatsapp program, albeit with some small extra functions.
To download Whatsapp on PC and Mac just go to the official download page and press the button.
The installer works on Mac OS X 10.9 and later and on Windows 8 and Windows 10 PCs .
Whatsapp for PC also works on Windows 7 even if it is not explicitly said.
What should be noted is that Whatsapp for PC works only on Windows 64 bit and not on Windows 32 bit.
If you receive the error " Installation has failed. There was an error while installing the application. Check the setup log for more information and contact the author ", the reason is this.
Also keep in mind that for it to work, it is required that the .NET Framework 4.5 be present, which will be downloaded if not yet present.
UPDATE: Whatsapp is also an app for Windows 10 that can be downloaded for free from the Microsoft Store, which is practically the same, but also works on 32-bit PC.
After installation, you will see the QR code which is the one to be scanned with the phone to log in with your account.
Then take the Android smartphone or iPhone, open Whatsapp, touch the menu button and find Whatsapp Web.
Point the camera at the computer screen and scan the recognition code.
Just like the Whatsapp site, the official program also requires the phone to be connected to the internet to function.
Unlike, therefore, compared to programs such as Telegram, Skype or Facebook Messenger, access from PC to Whatsapp is via connection from the smartphone, which acts as a communication bridge.
The Whatsapp program for PC and Mac shows the list of conversations on the left, a button with three dots to view Profile and Personal Status, to create a new group and see the archived chats, a settings button to enable or disable notifications, to mute sounds and to block specific contacts.
If you open a conversation, you can click on the name of the person or group to view its details, you can click on each single message to see, only in the groups, who read it and the time of sending, and yes he can click the button with three dots at the top right.
From this button you can select and delete messages or delete entire chats.
What's more in the program than the Whatsapp website is a menu in the upper left corner with 5 buttons :
- Whatsapp to start a new chat, a new group, view profile and status and log out.
- Edit with all the keys copy cuts and paste.
- View to enlarge the screen
- Chat to archive a conversation, silence it, mark a message to read and leave a group.
- Help, to download the beta version.
The desktop application also has the ability to view chat history and search for past messages.
The program interface supports most of the functions of the mobile application: writing messages using the PC keyboard (which is the added value in using Whatsapp from the computer), adding emoticons, attaching files or using voice messages if you has a microphone connected to the computer.
What is missing are voice calls, currently not supported by PC and via the web.
Since the PC and Mac program of Whatsapp is a replica of the chat website, if you access one, the other disconnects.
In practice, if you open Whatsapp web and then you also open the program on PC, the website disconnects and so vice versa, if the program is open and the site is also opened, the program disconnects.
Only access to Whatsapp from a PC is allowed, just as a Whatsapp account can only be used from a smartphone.
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