You can use up to four linked devices while your phone is offline, but linked devices will be automatically logged out if you haven’t used your phone in 14 days. Here’s what you can do with the WhatsApp desktop version. Just click the WhatsApp icon in your sidebar and scan a QR code with your phone to sync your WhatsApp account. Once linked, you’ll be able to send and receive messages and make WhatsApp calls with end-to-end encryption on each linked device. With the web version of WhatsApp built into Opera Browser, you can message others and send media on your desktop computer while you browse the web. Regardless of the platform you use the new WhatsApp desktop app on, you’ll still need to link it to a smartphone account that’s linked to a phone number.

9to5Mac reports that the early beta of the new WhatsApp desktop app is significantly faster than the current release. The MacOS app is being tested in a closed beta and will arrive as a MacOS “Universal app” meaning it will be based on the iPhone version of the WhatsApp app and will run natively on Apple silicon laptops. WhatsApp will also be releasing a native MacOS app, though it is still under development. These apps will also allow you to keep chats alive from your keyboard when your phone is offline. Although the app won’t really look different on the surface, the native app will run better, use fewer resources, and should launch quicker than before. WhatsApp is launching a native Windows app, which no longer uses the old web-based backend and has been updated to be run natively on Windows. This is done through WhatsApp Web via a browser, or a web-based WhatsApp desktop app. WhatsApp lets users link a desktop computer so they can continue to make and receive calls and send messages without needing to have your smartphone nearby.

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