WhatsApp is now available for Windows and OS x Desktop application software, the company announced in a blog post-Tuesday night. It looks the same WhatsApp Web and knows exactly what you come to expect from a browser-based.
"Like WhatsApp website, our desktop application is a simple extension to your phone: applications the mirroring session and message from your mobile device," the company said.
Frankly, this is confusing. WhatsApp's biggest competitor, Facebook Messenger-owned by its parent company, by the way, there are many good Web interfaces and even native Windows 10 applications.
For what it is worth essentially a new application node comes with Webkit packaging – a few keyboard shortcuts, and low memory consumption. On Windows, you can press Ctrl + e to save chats, mute and Ctrl + Shift + m, to change the message you read Ctrl + Shift + Ctrl + Backspace to delete it. Press Ctrl + f, you will be taken directly to the search bar, and Ctrl + n and Ctrl + Shift + n to start a new round of talk shows or groups, respectively. On the Mac, shortcuts remain unchanged unless you want to replace the command key Ctrl.
But it does have some quirks. Although Web version of WhatsApp works with any browser across all operating systems, is limited to Windows 8 64-bit native applications and updates, and update Mac OS x 10.9. 45% of the desktop in the world still work in Windows 7, so it's anyone's guess what WhatsApp team thinking.
-If a native application on your Windows 8.1 good thing/10-a notice will appear in the "operations center", right panel, integrates all notifications and quick access to some settings.
But if you are like most people in the world is often lax or multiple messaging services such as Facebook Messenger, Skype, such as juggling, WhatsApp, you'd better use a messaging tool, combining everything into one application, and work on a more diverse list of desktop operating systems. Such a choice was Franz.
If WhatsApp can take voice calls its new desktop client, and making it independent of your mobile device, it's going to be huge. But now, WhatsApp for desktops offer little to its 100 million + users.
