{"id":138336,"date":"2021-11-17T19:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=138336"},"modified":"2021-11-17T19:20:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:20:06","slug":"whatsapp-for-windows-app-is-now-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/technology\/whatsapp-for-windows-app-is-now-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp for Windows: App is now available for download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lumia Updates announced that WhatsApp is preparing brand new apps for Windows and macOS.\u00a0The first is in beta testing, but you can already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/p\/whatsapp-beta-wbi\/9nbdxk71nk08?rtc=1&amp;activetab=pivot:overviewtab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">download it from the Microsoft Store<\/a>\u00a0and get access to all the functions.<\/p>\n<p>The new WhatsApp UWP app has been rewritten from the ground up, and the Windows 11 version also includes updated Acrylic visuals.\u00a0The application is very fast, it starts up in just one second.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138337 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasted-19.jpg\" alt=\"Whatsapp for windows\" width=\"1060\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasted-19.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasted-19-800x560.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasted-19-909x636.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasted-19-432x302.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasted-19-560x392.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasted-19-750x525.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whatsapp for windows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the new functions, in the Windows version it became possible to draw on a separate panel and send the result as an image to the chat.\u00a0In addition, the developers have updated the settings menu and improved the notifications that now appear even when the application is closed.\u00a0There are currently no stickers in the messenger, but they should be added in the next beta update.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Whatsapp-for-windows.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1060\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Whatsapp-for-windows.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Whatsapp-for-windows-800x558.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Whatsapp-for-windows-909x634.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Whatsapp-for-windows-432x301.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Whatsapp-for-windows-560x390.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Whatsapp-for-windows-750x523.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whatsapp for windows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The updated WhatsApp will also appear on macOS as a universal app.\u00a0With Mac Catalyst, the new version will also work on iPad, which many users are eagerly awaiting.\u00a0Functionally, they should be identical, except that the tablet version will receive an optimization for working with a touchscreen.\u00a0But if for Windows the application is already available in the store, then for Mac it is not yet, and it is not known when it will be.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lumia Updates announced that WhatsApp is preparing brand new apps for Windows and macOS.\u00a0The first is in beta testing, but you can already\u00a0download it from the Microsoft Store\u00a0and get access to all the functions. The new WhatsApp UWP app has been rewritten from the ground up, and the Windows 11 version also includes updated Acrylic [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/technology\/whatsapp-for-windows-app-is-now-available-for-download\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":138339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[805],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-138336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}