Make sure your phone has an active internet connection.' So, if you're happily sending messages on your PC and your phone dies, gets switched off or disconnects from the internet, you can't send messages on PC anymore.Ī warning message appears on the PC app saying: 'Phone not connected. Once that's done, you can start sending messages from the desktop app – but to do this, your phone has to be switched on and connected to the internet. March's update brought both of these features to WhatsApp for desktop.Ĭurrently, you can download WhatsApp for your Mac or Windows computer by visiting Once it's downloaded, you can connect it to your WhatsApp account by pointing your phone's camera at a QR code that appears on the PC screen. WhatsApp began rolling out voice calls for its mobile app in 2015 and video calls the following year.

In March this year, WhatsApp rolled out one-to-one voice and video calls for the desktop version of its chat platform on Windows PCs and Apple Macs.

WhatsApp is predominantly known for its mobile app, even though it initially launched for PCs back in 2015. 'Now you can use our desktop or web experiences even when your phone isn't active and connected to the internet.' 'Very excited to be launching a beta of our new multi-device capability for WhatsApp,' said Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook.

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