Welcome to another guide by AskCaty. As we all know that WhatsApp is one of the popular and biggest messenger application in the world right now with one billion users. Users usually use WhatsApp on iOS devices or Android devices as an app for the smartphone. Most of the users usually work a lot on PC as well so they prefer to also use WhatsApp along with their other works.
Well, there are two ways of using WhatsApp on PC. You can use WhatsApp either by using WhatsApp web or by installing an app
How to use WhatsApp web on PC through a web browser
We’ll follow some easy steps to use WhatsApp web on PC to access WhatsApp through synchronization by QR code from Android or iOS device.
At first, all you have to do is to turn on your PC or Laptop and then further access web.whatsapp.com from any of your web browsers.
If you have an Android device then launch WhatsApp and then further tap on the three dots for choosing Whatsapp Web.
If you have an iPhone device then launch WhatsApp, tap on the settings icon and further scroll down to WhatsApp Web/Desktop option.
After that you will be switched to use your smartphone device’s camera for scanning the QR code, that QR code would be visible on that WhatsApp web site on your browser. There you have to click ‘Ok, got it’, then all you have to is to scan that QR Code from your phone current opened camera through WhatsApp app.
With in the second of scanning that QR code. WhatsApp Web will be launched on your Web browser’s screen and it would be active until you won’t log out your WhatsApp from within the WhatsApp web or from WhatsApp smartphone app.
You can access WhatsApp through WhatsApp web on as many devices you want to access from. There is also a ‘Log out from all devices’ option inside that tab of Whatsapp Web/Desktop in the settings section of your phone app for Whatsapp.
How to Install WhatsApp Web app on PC
Another way for using WhatsApp on PC is by installing Whatsapp web app physically on your PC. For installing that WhatsApp web on your PC, all you have to do is to visit whatsapp.com/download. From this site, you can download WhatsApp web app for your PC or Mac without any kind of compatibility issues.
Just click on download and you will get a WhatsApp in the form of an app for your PC or Mac. After downloading that app, go to your downloads folder and click on the setup of that Whatsapp Web App. It will take few seconds to install Whatsapp Web on your PC.
After installing just click on the icon of WhatsApp web and it will you show the WhatsApp web version in the form of a desktop app. Using this desktop app is totally same as of using directly from Whatsapp web through the browser discussed above.
I hope with the help of this guide you would be able to use WhatsApp web on your web browser or as on desktop app as per your preferences.
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