Another feature that’s not on the desktop app is GPS sharing, which lets you send your location to your WhatsApp group or contact. No surprise there, given that WhatsApp’s focus is mobile messaging.
The main difference between the two types of devices is that you can only call your contacts when you’re using the mobile app. However, there are some features on the smartphone that are not available on desktop. You can use it on iPhones, Android phones, Macs, and Windows PCs. Working on most platforms, the popular application brings you closer to friends, family, and even colleagues. Each message sent or call made is absolutely free. With WhatsApp, you can send messages or call other users without worrying about character limit or the number of messages sent. So when WhatsApp came out that same year, it became the new and convenient way to do the former.
In 2009, software that offered free calls and messages could be found mostly on desktops, not smartphones. Maybe this will change once this app goes out of beta.Īnyway, the native app should run faster and be more efficient on Mac hardware (the same goes for the Windows version), so it’s good to see the old Electron version going away.With 1 billion active users, Whatsapp will connect you with the people that matter to you the most, both near and far. This is curious because there is no WhatsApp version for iPad (instead users are expected to use the web version). Interestingly, the WhatsApp team used Apple’s Mac Catalyst framework, which makes it easier for developers to build apps that run on both iPadOS and macOS. Native WhatsApp for macOS goes into public beta The site warns that this version is still in early stages of development. You can download it from the official site, it is available for macOS Big Sur and newer. Initially, it was closed beta available only to TestFlight participants, but now everyone (with a Mac) can get it. This changed last year when Windows got a native version and a native version for macOS went into beta. WhatsApp didn’t have a true desktop version until recently – both the Windows and Mac apps just wrapped the web version in an Electron shell.
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