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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: Dannemois on Tuesday 27 February 18 19:23 GMT (UK)
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Regarding WhatsApp; can it be downloaded to a laptop or is it just for smart phones
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According to this site
WhatsApp is now available on the web via the Chrome browser, and in a tablet app, meaning it's possible to simultaneously access your WhatsApp account on your phone, tablet, laptop and PC without a hack. Here's how to get WhatsApp on your phone, tablet, laptop AND your PC, all at once.
https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/google-android/how-use-whatsapp-on-web-tablet-ios-3595015/
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I gather that you can download PC/iMac versions but I only use it on my phone.
Gadget
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It looks like you need to have Whatsapp installed and an account set up on your phone before you can install or use the PC or Mac Versions on the computers
WhatsApp desktop app and WhatsApp Web are computer based extensions of the WhatsApp account on your phone. The messages you send and receive are fully synced between your phone and your computer, and you can see all messages on both devices. Any action you take on the phone will apply to WhatsApp on your computer and vice versa.
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Reading further, I think you are right Falkyrn - to get it on my iPad I need to use my iPhone to pair the devices. Which is obvious really now I think about it as you need a phone number! ;D
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I think they need a phone number so they can harvest your contact list ::)
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Yep you need it on your phone first.
Then download the app to your pc.
Open the app on your pc and it walks you through connecting you to your phone WhatsApp acct.
It’s very simple and easy to do, and yes you can have a conversation with your contacts that are your phone.
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I have it on both the pc's that I use, I find it easier to use when on the computer, also the keyboard is bigger than on my phone.
I just downloaded the app from Whatsapp.com then scanned the qr code with my phone an bingo Whatsapp on the pc. Your phone does have to be on and have an active connection. Your contacts etc show up exactly as they are on your phone.
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I've got it on my 'phone, but not been able to download to my laptop - well I did download it but I couldn't link it to my 'phone ???
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Once it's installed on your pc it should give you a code that you have to scan with your phone to link the two.
On your phone go to settings then look for the option for Whatsappweb, choose that and then scan the qr code on the pc with your phone, it should link the two
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I know it sounds silly but how do you scan with a 'phone?
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Thanks to all who replied; its beyond this silver surfer so I will forget all about WhatsApp
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I know it sounds silly but how do you scan with a 'phone?
The phone uses its camera as a scanner. With WhatsApp you go into the settings and follow the instructions then you just hold up the phone to the pc screen so the qr code is within the scan area. You don’t have to do anything, the app does it all.
Of course the phone has to be a smart phone, not something you can do with old school mobiles.
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Also, you have to reconnect every time you want to use it on your pc. If you close the app on the pc, the connection stops.
While I use WhatsApp every day, I am at home so my phone is usually next to me anyway. My daughter on the other hand is at work, therefore it’s more convenient and not so “obvious” having it on her work pc rather than her phone dinging with every message ;)
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It's a really useful thing to have on the phone, as calls and texts are free through it. I was able to call my sister when she was on holiday in Canada and it didn't cost anything.
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OK, I'll do that, although as I don't get that many WhatsApp messages, it's probably not going to be much use on my laptop. The only people who send me WhatsApp messages and rarely, are one of my grandsons who is in Madrid at the moment and his sister who is in Melbourne. Everyone else just texts me.
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I have it on both the phone and pc, I use it a lot to communicate with my cousins overseas and have made calls to chat with the NZ cuz. My daughter and son use it. I also find the pc keyboard easier to use than the small one on the phone.
Thanks to all who replied; its beyond this silver surfer so I will forget all about WhatsApp
It's not all that hard to install once it has been dowloaded from the website and set up on the pc. As mentioned the App does it all. I managed to do it by myself and I am not the most tech savvy when it comes to this sort of thing.
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It's handy if they want to send photos etc....