With it, you can carry on and continue conversations from a web browser on your desktop, which is useful for those times when you’re seated and working.Ī number of messaging platforms are available across mobile, desktop and web platforms.įacebook Messenger, for instance, rolled out a web app a few months ago. No matter how you look at it, WhatsApp Web is a nifty little productivity feature. We’ll update the post as soon as WhatsApp gets updated in the App Store with support for WhatsApp Web.

Note: I couldn’t find the new option in WhatsApp for iPhone so clearly this is a staggered release that will take some time to roll out to WhatsApp’s 800 million active monthly users.įor what it’s worth, the official website states that WhatsApp Web requires the latest version of the mobile WhatsApp app. Step 3: Choose the new WhatsApp Web option to scan the QR code shown on. Step 2: Tap Settings in the tab bar alongside the bottom of the WhatsApp interface. Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your iPhone or iPod touch. Now some users are seeing the new option in WhatsApp for iPhone, meaning they can visit in a browser and authorize access by scanning a QR code within WhatsApp for iPhone. While the web application works on Windows PCs and Android devices without a hiccup, mobile and desktop Safari versions were unsupported as WhatsApp did not update its iPhone app with a barcode scanning option. WhatsApp introduced its web app in January 2015 and it’s since added compatibility for all major mobile and desktop platforms sans iOS.

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