I-WhatsApp isibe uhlelo lokusebenza oluphambili lwemiyalezo kubasebenzisi abaningi abayizigidi, cishe i-1.000 billion. Njengamanje emhlabeni wezinhlelo zokusebenza zemiyalezo, UWhatsApp uyinkosi engaphikiswa, elandelwa eduze yiFacebook Messenger nabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-900.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ngekhasi elenzelwe ukuhumusha uhlelo lokusebenza ngezilimi ezahlukahlukene, sikwazile hlola ukuthi inkampani ibisebenza kanjani kuklayenti kuwo womabili amaWindows NjengoMac ukuze akwazi ukusebenzisa le nkundla yokuthumela imiyalezo ngaphandle kokusebenzisa insiza yewebhu, leyo nsizakalo yewebhu konke eyenzayo ukunikeza izinkinga nokumunca ibhethri ledivayisi yethu.
Ngamahora ambalwa singalanda ifayela le- uhlelo lokusebenza olusemthethweni lwe-WhatsApp ngokusebenzisa iwebhusayithi, esigabeni esifanayo lapho singathola futhi uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, S40 kanye neWindows Phone. Isici esibonakalayo salolu hlelo lokusebenza sifana kakhulu nalokho esingakuthola ngokusebenzisa insiza yewebhu ukuthi isicelo sisinikeze isikhathi eside. Lapho nje siqalisa uhlelo lokusebenza, sizokhonjiswa isinyathelo esilandelayo okufanele sisithathe, okungekho okunye ngaphandle kokuvula uhlelo lokusebenza nokusesha kumenyu yeWhatsApp Web ukuskena ikhodi ye-QR ezokhonjiswa esikrinini.
Ngokuya ngedivayisi esinayo, noma ngabe i-Android, i-iPhone, i-Windows Phone, i-BlackBerry, i-BlackBerry 10 noma i-Nokia S60, uhlelo lokusebenza luzosikhombisa izinyathelo okufanele sizilandele. Ukusebenza kwalolu hlelo lokusebenza kufana ncamashi nenguqulo yewebhu, ngakho-ke ngeke sibone ukuthuthuka okukhulu ekusebenzeni ngokuqhathaniswa nenguqulo yewebhu ebitholakala ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Kusuka kwimenyu ye-WhatsApp etholakala engxenyeni engenhla kwesobunxele, singakha ingxoxo entsha, iqembu elisha, siguqule iphrofayli yethu kanye nesimo noma ukuphuma.