▶ How WhatsApp Web works
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Have you ever wondered how WhatsApp Web works? If you are attentive to WhatsApp news, surely the answer is yes. And it is that you will know that the company is preparing a better and multiplatform tool. Something that would eliminate the need to have your mobile connected and charged to be able to enjoy conversations on the computer. Requirement that, for the moment, determines the operation of WhatsApp Web. But, if you don't know anything about what I'm talking about, don't hesitate to continue reading to understand how WhatsApp Web works on your computer.
The first thing you should know is that WhatsApp Web is nothing more than a reflection of your WhatsApp on your mobile That is, if messages are sent or photos are received on your mobile, what WhatsApp Web will do is reflect that on your computer screen. This is why the system is not independent of your mobile, as is the case with other applications such as Telegram, with which you can write and receive messages on your computer even if your mobile is turned off. In WhatsApp Web you will need your mobile fully operational.
This means that your mobile must have a constant and stable Internet connection in order to make WhatsApp work. And, therefore, must also be turned on and have a charge So if your phone turns off or loses Internet for some reason, WhatsApp Web will stop working.
From here all you have to do is enter the website of WhatsApp Web to be able to link your mobile and your computer using a QR codeof which I will speak to you later.Thus, if your mobile and your computer are connected to the Internet, WhatsApp will be able to reflect all the conversations of the mobile device on the computer. Virtually instantly. Thus, you can use both your mobile phone and your computer to continue sending WhatsApp messages in all those conversations you have already started.
The good thing is that WhatsApp has worked remarkably on WhatsApp Web to have options like start new conversations, even groups, as well as send and receive multimedia documentsAnd the platform continues to improve to carry video calls and other details seen in WhatsApp on the mobile but on the computer.
The bad thing is that the connection between WhatsApp Web and your mobile phone sometimes fails and the need for the latter to always be connected prevents some situations. Like, for example, leaving our mobile phones at home and being able to chat from any computer.Elements that will arrive when WhatsApp makes its service independent of the devices and we can have our WhatsApp Web account active without relation to the mobile in the future. For now we have to wait for it.
WhatsApp Web: QR Code
The password of WhatsApp Web is the QR code that helps to link the computer and the mobile so that the reflection of the conversations can take placeThe process is very simple and guided. In addition, recently WhatsApp has launched a protection of this step to make sure that only you can carry it out and nobody takes advantage of WhatsApp Web to spy on your conversations.
- All you have to do is go to your WhatsApp mobile application and click on the three dots in the upper right menu. Here click on the WhatsApp Web section.
- If this is the first time you enter, you will see a blank screen indicating that you can use WhatsApp on other devices. And it invites you to click on the green button that says Pair a device.
- Now the new security barrier will ask you to verify your person with the fingerprint scanner of your mobile. In this way, only you can link your mobile and a computer to reflect WhatsApp on it.
- With this you will activate the camera of your mobile, with which you will scan the QR code that we are going to look for in the next step.
- Now go to your computer or tablet and open your Internet browser. Enter this link in the address bar to access WhatsApp Web.
- The first time you do it on a computer, a screen will appear with information about this process and, most importantly: the WhatsApp Web QR code.
- Now you only have to focus your mobile on this QR code so that, almost instantly, WhatsApp links your mobile and your computer.
From this moment you can use WhatsApp Web as usual.You will see that the design is somewhat different, intended for a horizontal and not a vertical screen. But the operation and appearance is practically the same as on mobile However, you can write with the keyboard and use the mouse to move between the chats.
This link between mobile and computer is already established by default. So you will have WhatsApp Web available without repeating this whole process the next time you access the WhatsApp Web address.
WhatsApp Web download?
The beauty of WhatsApp Web is that it doesn't have anything to download. It is precisely web to open in a tab of your browser in a comfortable and direct way. You will have to go to the web page in question and, if it is the first time you use it, carry out the link process by scanning the QR code
Yes, there is a version of WhatsApp for computersBut it is not web. It is a program or application that is installed on the computer and has its own window for its management. The operation is exactly the same as in WhatsApp Web. The difference is that you will have to download and install it. You can find it in the Microsoft Store for computers with the Windows operating system or through the WhatsApp download page if you have a Mac computer with Mac OS X or higher. It's completely free. Of course you will have to confirm your identity also by scanning the QR code.
How to know if they are using WhatsApp Web
One of the privacy dangers of WhatsApp Web is that someone, a third party, replicates this link from your mobile to their computer without your knowledge. With this, it could spy on your conversations or even usurp you. You would only notice if you see that your conversations are progressing on their own. But if it's mere espionage, how do you know if WhatsApp Web is being used on your behalf? Well, it's very simple.
- Just go to WhatsApp on your mobile, press the three buttons and access the WhatsApp Web menu.
- Here you can see all the sessions open on the different computers and devices where you use WhatsApp Web.
- Well, if one doesn't work for you or you want to make sure that WhatsApp Web is not available on any of these devices, all you have to do is click on it, check the last time it was active and, if you wish, close the session.
With this it will be necessary to scan the QR code again on that computer And, in addition, scan our fingerprint to make sure that it is us who logged in. So there will be no espionage or usurpation problems with our WhatsApp Web chats.
