WhatsApp through Chrome

[Ted Striker]

A pretty simple idea that's really quite useful (esp to desk bound office types) and could be a bit of a game changer for the instant messanging scene. Either way it's pretty clever stuff.

https://web.whatsapp.com/

(Yep, by the time I write this IM will be an outdated tech, but still...)

 

[skyscraper101]

Dunno why they didn't get onto this ages before now. Whatsapp is soo 3 years ago.

 

[butchersapron]

Finally.

 

[editor]

I've got most of my contacts using Telegram which comes with the benefit of improved privacy (although not perfect) and the advantage of not being owned by Facebook - and that has had a Chrome extension and standalone desktop apps for ages.

A few friends won't shift off WhatsApp though, so this will be useful.

 

[5t3IIa]

This all looks like fun and useful except not for iPhone?!

 

[editor]

This all looks like fun and useful except not for iPhone?!

The price you pay for living in Apple's shiny walled garden.

*runs free

 

[5t3IIa]

The price you pay for living in Apple's shiny walled garden.

*runs free

 

[sim667]

This all looks like fun and useful except not for iPhone?!

whatsapp is available on iphone

 

[editor]

whatsapp is available on iphone

Yes it is, but you won't get it working on your Apple desktop.

 

[Fez909]

Yes it is, but you won't get it working on your Apple desktop.

Chrome is available on OS X

 

[editor]

Chrome is available on OS X

here:

WhatsApp is a great alternative to iMessage, except in one regard: iMessage lets you send messages from your Mac. That means if you hate tapping in text messages on a touchscreen, you can use your keyboard instead.

But that’s changed. The long-awaited ability to use WhatsApp on your Mac has finally arrived. But there’s a caveat: It only works if you don’t have an iPhone.

The WhatsApp desktop client is a Web app that allows users to communicate with their contacts right through the desktop. Technically, it works on more than just the desktop: It also runs on Android and Windows devices, although curiously not iOS.

What we’re interested in, though, is the Mac support. WhatsApp won’t work on Safari — the WhatsApp team hints such support may be coming soon — but it does work on the latest versions of Chrome.
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/309638/can-now-use-whatsapp-mac-theres-catch/#uYeA4QuFHU98RA9O.99

 

[sim667]

I know about three people who use it..... to be fair I want to move onto wickr, but no-one else uses it.