Whatsapp, the most popular instant messaging giant, has just released Whatsapp for PC/MAC/Laptop or Whatsapp Web, the most awaited feature of whatsapp. The official release of Web version of whatsapp for PC/MAC/Laptop was on 22 Jan 2015 making it possible to use whatsapp officially on your desktop. Before that everyone has to use emulators like Bluestack or Youwave to get whatsapp in their PCs or Laptops but from now onwards there is no need to download any emulator and everyone can enjoy the features of whatsapp on desktop using whatsapp web version. So don’t waste your time further in search of any supporting tool , just get connected to the official whatsapp web and experience the most easiest and safest way to use whatsapp on your windows PC, Laptop and of course MAC also.

Some Features Of Whatsapp

The whatsapp instant messenger is a very useful and, no doubt, the most popular application being used by almost every smartphone user for instant messaging, sending images, audio media messages, sharing video content and many other fascinating features like updating status, sharing location and group chatting etc. The popularity of whatsapp among the users is increasing everyday and as of whatsapp officials, half a billion people around the globe are now regular, active whatsapp users, sharing more than 700 million photos and 100 million videos every single day.

The Web version of Whatsapp

For these worthy users and to draw attentions of millions of new users, whatsapp has been constantly working as of their user’s needs and the whatsapp web version is the latest addition in features of whatsapp. From now onwards millions of users can access whatsapp on their web browsers with the new web client that is simply an extension of their phone. The web browser mirrors conversations and messages from your phone– this means all of your messages are still live on your phones. The web client simply makes a pair of whatsapp with your phone and web client, thus making possible to use whatsapp on your PC or Laptop. All you need is to install the latest version of whatsapp on your device and stay connected to the internet for the web client to work.

At present, the official version of whatsapp for PC/MAC/Laptop (Web client) is only for Windows and Android users and is, unfortunately, not available for iOS, the apple family of devices, users due to Apple platform limitations.

Before we move to a step by step guide to use whatsapp on PC/MAC/Laptop, let’s first discuss some of the important initial requirements of whatsapp web client.

Some Checks Before Using Whatsapp web client

• Your Smartphone should be on Windows or Android Operating System.
• Your Smartphone must support QR Code Scanning.
• The latest version of whatsapp must be installed on your Smartphone.
• Your desktop PC or Laptop must have the Google Chrome installed. Otherwise first install Google chrome.

A Step By Step Guide to use Whatsapp on PC/MAC/Laptop

1. Open Google chrome and visit https://web.whatsapp.com/
2. A Window showing a QR code will appear on your computer’s screen. See the image.
3. Open whatsapp on your Smartphone and search for whatsapp.web.
4. Click on whatsapp.web and you will find a screen to scan whatsapp QR code. See the image.
5. Scan the code inside of whatsapp, and you are ready to go.

Thats all done. You will find your smartphone paired with web client and all of your conversations will start appearing on the desktop’s screen also. There is an option of keep me signed in. with in the screen. Keep yourself signed in for the time you want to use whatsapp and then you may  logout by unticking the option. The same process of code scanning should be repeated for the next login or logging in with another smart device on the same desktop’s screen.

Thanks to whatsapp for adding such a useful feature of whatsapp for PC/MAC/laptop. Now you can enjoy countless features of whatsapp web on your desktop PCs etc also. Feel free to add a comment sharing your experience.