Once you scan the QR code from your smartphone, you will see all your chats in the WhatsApp desktop app. The desktop app does bring in a few additional useful features like the ability to get beta updates, use keyboard shortcuts, zoom in & out to increase/decrease size of text in chat and desktop notifications (also available with WhatsApp Web). So, if you have been hoping for a standalone WhatsApp app for Windows and Mac, you’ll be disappointed. You open the WhatsApp desktop app and you will see a QR code that you need to scan from your smartphone’s WhatsApp app.Īlso, like WhatsApp Web, the desktop app mirrors chats from your smartphone, so you will have to keep your smartphone close and connected to mobile data or WiFi for the desktop app to work. Moreover, the process of connecting your WhatsApp account is also the same.
The desktop app is almost identical to WhatsApp Web, with a similar UI and UX. You can now access your WhatsApp on your Mac or Windows PC. If you have been using WhatsApp Web all this while, you will feel right at home with the WhatsApp desktop apps. The standout feature of WhatsApp web is that it works right away on your PC or Mac, without the need to download WhatsApp messenger software to your computer.
