Whatsapp Download Desktop 2021 New Version
Juliana Ellerbe
I strongly depend on Whatsapp for business purposes, and I am finding it hard to believe that a company would launch a product which is clearly worse, when people have been complaining about it in this subreddit for months.
whatsapp download desktop 2021 new version
Whatsapp Download Desktop 2021 New Version ———>>> https://tiurll.com/2zD8Wr
**EDIT** After reviewing the Homebrew cask package, it seems that the version returned by brew info --cask whatsapp has to be manually updated via a git pull request after a whatsapp update is released. The below method may not be correct just after a whatsapp update. The browser method above will always return the latest version however.
What I noticed though is, that when the desktop version crashed my phone still tried to connect to the macbook in terms of linked devices and I ended up having 4 connections from the same macbook pro so keep an eye out...
It worked for a bit but then it crashed again so I decided to use Opera's Whatsapp sidebar feature since the browser is open anyway. Works a treat and doesn't use as much CPU/resources as the app so depending on the browser you're using, I'd rather go for this option.
A couple of months back, I was working on a project and all the collaborators were staying in touch via WhatsApp. As it is a fairly large group of about 80 people, lots of photos tend to get generated each day. Since I was working on my laptop, I decided to use the desktop application rather than the mobile app, as it was more convenient. We were required to complete a certain task, within a fairly short amount of time, so everybody was working full throttle at that moment. As the deadline was approaching, the number of photos in the WhatsApp group started to increase. Moreover, as the navigation in the desktop application was becoming difficult, I decided to switch to the android app.
To my surprise, absolutely none of the photos had been downloaded on the app. As per my knowledge, whatever auto-download settings are applied to the mobile app, are also followed by the desktop application. But that didn't happen.
I've checked all my settings and everything seems to be fine. All permissions have been granted. There is no data usage check applied. But still, the auto-download feature didn't work on my phone, while it did flawlessly on the desktop application.
After that incident, there have been several other instances wherein auto-download was only working on the desktop application, instead of working on both the desktop and mobile version of WhatsApp in tandem. This has begun to worry me a little, as it is affecting my work. Can anyone suggest any tips to fix this?
WhatsApp has made itself available on desktop before, through a web client called WhatsApp Web. The company launched that service in January 2015, initially for Android and Windows Phone users, before adding support for iOS users as well.
But its new desktop apps offer more native support, the ability to use keyboard shortcuts, and the ability to have messages open in a separate window as opposed to being in a browser or lost in a sea of tabs.
There have been several desktop apps in the past that have acted as wrappers for the browser plugins, such as ChitChat for Mac OS X, but this is the first time that Facebook-owned WhatsApp is providing its own native desktop solution.
Some offices for instance will use it as a means to chat between work mates about where to go for lunch, whereas more formal implementations abound, such as the diamond ring retailer in London that uses WhatsApp (and till now its desktop web client) to communicate with customers. Politicians in India have used WhatsApp to launch carry out their election campaigns.
Zorin Lite 16.2 XFCE
My mum now needs WhatsApp voice calls on her laptop.
WhatsApp Web does not do voice calls. And therefore anything that's just a wrapper around WhatsApp Web, like all the Linux "desktop clients" WhatsDesk, WhatsApp-for-linux, Ferdi/Franz, Rambox etc cannot do voice calls either. (And 99.9% of what I find on the web about WhatsApp on Linux involves one of those web wrappers.)
So that leaves a few options that I'd like to get the forum users tips or experience on.
I had remembered seeing whatsapp on Opera and installed to check it out. I haven't used it in a while . Any browser can be a data miner depending on how it is used and set up. With the exception of Firefox most better known browsers are chromium based.
After losing time trying to understand whether or not I have/should use/can use/can learn PlayOnLinux, winetricks, wineprefixes etc to install the whatsapp-portable.exe I've downloaded, I say "f#$k it" and just right click on the .exe and click "Open with Install Windows Application".
Yay! A Windows installer wizard starts up. Looks like "Run anyway" was the right choice. I complete the installer's steps, and click "Finish" (leaving "Run Whatsapp Portable" unselected, as something I saw earlier in PlayOnLinux suggested avoiding launching app on finish).
Entire screen goes black for a bit. Eventually screens returns to as before, including the installer again waiting for me to click Finish.
I click it again, and the installer goes away, normal screen this time.
In Zorin menu (well, whiskermenu), I go to "Wine" and Whatsapp is not there. (WeChat, which I installed the same way, is there.) Whatsapp is not in "Internet" either, and is not found by a menu search.
In Nemo, I go to .wine/drive_c. I look in Program Files: not there. I look in Program Files (x86): not there either. Doh! I see portapps has created its own folder on drive_c top level, and inside that /whatsapp-portable.
There's a readme.md (nothing useful in it), a "whatsapp-portable.exe", changelog, portapp.json and a folder called "app". Looking in /app, more folders and "WhatsApp.exe". And in one of those folders, another "WhatsApp.exe".
OK, I'll try the whatsapp-portable.exe in /whatsapp-portable and see what happens.
I double-click on whatsapp-portable.exe and again I get the message with the headline "You can use WhatsApp on the web" and the two buttons at bottom: "Run anyway" and highlighted "Launch WhatsApp". (Before it was just "Launch", this time "Launch WhatsApp".)
I still don't know the difference between Run and Launch, but at least the Launch button this time mentions the name of the program I want to use. So I click "Launch WhatsApp".
And it does not launch WhatsApp. Instead it opens a new tab in Chrome. Heart sinks. WhatsApp Web page, QR code to scan. The same process I've already tried re every other WhatsApp "client" on Linux, and which never allows voice calls. I scan the QR code anyway (who knows? maybe this is just an initial step to get the actual whatsapp-portable running.) The QR code is accepted... and I'm in the regular WhatsApp Web page in Chrome. That's it. No way to make voice calls. All these steps and all those folders and files just to open a web page??? That can't be right.
I close the WhatsApp Web page in Chrome, and try double-clicking on the whatsapp-portable.exe but this time I choose "Run anyway".
New folders are created (/data and /log) but no program visible yet. Then a very long (Wine?) error message, headlined "A JavaScript error occurred in the main process." Then long gibberish and just an "OK" button at bottom. I click OK, the error message disappears. No WhatsApp. I open the Task Manager which shows two processes both called "winedevice.exe", and one "wineserver". But no WhatsApp.
I try again (double-click, "Run anyway"), this time keeping an eye on the task manager.
Six WhatsApp.exe processes appear in the task manager, then the same (I believe) error message as before. I click OK again. But the WhatsApp processes do not disappear. I can't see any WhatsApp window anywhere but apparently it's running. But how to actually see it and use it? Or if not, shut it down?
Oh, yes, sorry, now that I read again the original post I saw it, sorry. I checked more and found Ubuntu WhatsApp desktop app with call features, the last 2 messages there are quite interesting, they say about Signal and other ways to do voice calls (if you may like a similar application with voice calls in the meantime). It's better to try seeing if at least one of alternative apps/websites can do what you'd like rather than waiting for a certain feature to be added (if it's planned to be done or even considered at least), just to not wait and wait with no concrete results.
Schermata da 2022-12-17 22-14-561366768 126 KB
I would give some thought about trying to use whatsapp this way. It is not intended use so the supplier can cut you off whenever they feel like. If you could elaborate on the use case there might be more solutions for your situation then you might realize.
WhatsApp for Windows is a popular messaging app that allows users to communicate with their friends and family on their desktop computers. With its sleek interface and seamless integration with other devices, WhatsApp for Windows offers a convenient way to stay connected with your loved ones no matter where you are. Whether chatting with group members or sending photos and videos, this versatile app makes it easy to keep in touch with your contacts. With features like end-to-end encryption and voice and video calling, WhatsApp for Windows provides a secure and reliable messaging experience.
WhatsApp for Windows is a desktop version of the popular messaging app that allows users to communicate with their contacts on their computer. It provides a convenient way to send messages, make voice and video calls, and share files with individuals or groups using your computer's keyboard and mouse. The app is available for download on Windows-compatible devices and offers many of the same features as the mobile version, including end-to-end encryption for secure communication.
760c119bf3