After several days of rumors pointing to the possible launch of a desktop version of WhatsApp for Windows and Mac, this rumor has come true and any user can now download WhatsApp in an official way. Until now it was already possible to use this well-known service on a computer through WhatsApp Web, but now we can use it as one more program, with all its comforts and advantages.
Many of you will surely have already installed WhatsApp on your computer, but for all those who have not, today we are going to tell you through this article how to install WhatsApp on a Windows computer, and we will also know some of its advantages, disadvantages and a large amount of more information.
Do we need a WhatsApp desktop application?
As soon as I heard the news that WhatsApp officially launched its desktop application for Windows and Mac, this question appeared in my head. Fortunately or unfortunately, the lives of many people revolve around this instant messaging application, in the personal sphere and also in the workplace.
The answer undoubtedly, and in my opinion is yes, but let me explain. In my case, I work every day in front of a computer and having to be aware of the smartphone or that WhatsApp Web does not disconnect and reconnect when it wants, a desktop application is a real blessing. Some of you will have a different opinion, which will surely also be correct, and which I would also love to share but I cannot.
Of course, those of you who think that a WhatsApp application for Windows was not necessary, keep reading because you may end up being right.
How to download WhatsApp for Windows
As far as Windows is concerned we can download the new application quite easily. And it will be enough for us to access the official WhatsApp page and look for the specific application we want to download (this is the link to download WhatsApp for free).
We only have to bear in mind that for WhatsApp for Windows to work we must have a version of Windows higher than Windows 8, that is, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. It goes without saying that in order to use WhatsApp on our computer it will be necessary to have it installed on our mobile device.
The weight of the application is 60 MB And after installing it, you can start using it by scanning a QR that will appear on the screen of your mobile device, just as it happened when we used WhatsApp Web.
Despite the fact that Facebook, owner of WhatsApp, has told everyone, effusively, that their instant messaging service is already available on Windows and Mac, now that you have installed it, we could say that the only thing they have done has been exporting WhatsApp Web to a desktop version. And the design is exactly the same, the operation is similar and and we will continue to depend on our smartphone being close and connected to the network of networks.
The similarities between WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp for Windows
If you are one of those who have downloaded Whats App for Windows, expecting a real revolution with respect to WhatsApp Web, you must have been very disappointed. And, as we have already said, the WhatsApp program available for Windows is a copy of the web version that was already available.
Of course, thanks to this novelty launched by WhatsApp, we will not have to start the web browser to access WhatsApp and we can always have the instant messaging service visible in the Windows bar, but nevertheless we all expected something more, which will surely come in the next few days or weeks. Meanwhile we can continue to squeeze the advantages that using WhatsApp offers us on a computer.
What does WhatsApp for Windows need to succeed?
On the basis that WhatsApp needs absolutely nothing to succeed, because it triumphs wherever it goes or appears, if it would need to polish some aspects of its version for Windows. That total dependence on the mobile device is over, a slightly more elaborate design or the incorporation of voice calls could be some of the most interesting novelties that the instant messaging application could incorporate.
Hopefully, now that WhatsApp has arrived in the form of a desktop application to Windows it will improve and incorporate new features and new functions over time. Perhaps one of those that we can see soon is that it becomes a universal application, although it may need to improve in other aspects than in this one, which happens to be less important, at least in our opinion.
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