In recent years, mobile devices have become the most used in recent years to do practically anythingFrom photographs, to viewing our bank accounts, to sending emails, printing documents, recording and editing videos ... Anything that comes to mind, we can do it with a mobile device.
However, when this device not ideal to spend all day working with him as the only device, something that could be a tablet mainly due to size issues and because we can add an external keyboard to write more quickly and easily and thus avoid that half the screen is unused by the virtual keyboard.
If we spend many hours in front of the computer, constantly consulting our smartphone to read and reply to WhatsApp messages We receive enormous productivity, productivity that we can improve if we use WhatsApp Web, even more so if it is a business account, since it is much more comfortable to respond with a physical keyboard than from the mobile.
What is WhatsApp Web
WhatsApp Web is the service, not the application, that WhatsApp makes available to all users of this messaging platform to be able to manage messages through a computer, or from a tablet. WhatsApp does not store our messages on its servers, so the only way to offer this service is completely depending on the smartphone.
By depending on our smartphone, this should always be onSince the messages that we send and receive through WhatsApp Web are processed through our smartphone, hence it is strictly necessary that the smartphone where we have the WhatsApp account is always operational.
What are QR codes and what are they for on WhatsApp Web
WhatsApp uses QR codes to crear a unique identifier on the WhatsApp web page to synchronize all the conversations of our mobile client with the web version, rather to reflect, since as I mentioned in the previous section, WhatsApp Web is a reflection of our mobile application.
How to access WhatsApp Web
The first thing to do is access web.whatsapp.com from a computer or tablet. If it is a tablet, we must request that the browser load the desktop version, not for mobile devices, since otherwise, the QR code we need will not appear.
Access WhatsApp Web from iPhone
- Once we have opened the application, we access the option to setting located in the lower right corner.
- Next, click on Scan QR code.
- At that time, we have to locate with the camera of our smartphone andl QR code displayed on the screen of our computer or tablet.
Access WhatsApp Web from Android
- Once we have opened the application, click on the three points vertically located in the upper right corner of the application and select WhatsApp Web
- Next, we direct the mobile to the screen of our computer or tablet where QR code is displayed.
What can we do on WhatsApp Web
Since WhatsApp launched the first version of WhatsApp for browsers, andThis functionality has evolved a lot and today it offers us practically the same functions that we can find in the application for mobile devices.
Modify your profile and our status
From our browser and thanks to WhatsApp Web we can change our profile picture, for any image that we have stored on our computer, such as our status, if we are one of those who are continually changing it to inform all their friends if there is the possibility or not of contacting him at a certain time of the day.
Create groups
Manage and create our groups It has never been as simple as it is with WhatsApp Web, since it allows us to comfortably manage permissions, add or replace profile images, share images or videos ... The same functions that we have at our disposal in WhatsApp for mobile phones when managing and create groups, we find them in the web version.
Mute and delete chats
Many of the groups in which we find ourselves are silenced and we only agree when someone mentions us or if we have the need to use it. Through the web version of WhatsApp, we can also mute and even delete chats.
Send audio files
If you are a lover of audios on WhatsAppWith the web version, you can continue to do so despite the fact that some of your loved ones deeply hate them and never pay attention. The first time you do it, the browser will ask for your permission so that WhatsApp Web can access the microphone in order to send audios.
Send emoticons and kaomojis
Emoticons cannot be missing from WhatsApp. In a native way, we have the same icons available as in the mobile version, but we can also use Koamoji, thanks to the symbols function that we have at our disposal through the Windows Key + command. (point).
Send photos and videos
Any image that we have stored on our computer, we can share it through WhatsApp, although unfortunately we are going to find ourselves with the same time limits that we find in the mobile version.
Share photos from our webcam
If our team has a webcam, we can send an image ours through the web version of WhatsApp, however, we cannot use this same camera to make video calls directly from WhatsApp (although they are working on it) as we explain in the next section.
Send documents and contacts
The web version of WhatsApp is ideal for sending files, although we find the 100MB limitation when it comes to sharing them, a limitation that reaches 1.5 GB in the case of Telegram.
Access a contact's information
WhatsApp Web also allows us access contact information of our chats, whether private or group. In addition, it also allows us to delete messages from both private and group chats, always bearing in mind that, after a while, the messages will only be deleted from our chat, not from the recipient.
Reply, forward, star, and delete messages
Not least, we have left for last the obvious functions that allow us to make the web version of WhatsApp, such as replying to messages, forwarding them, highlighting them in a group or deleting messages.
How to activate dark mode in WhatsApp Web
WhatsApp was one of the last developers in ofree dark mode in your app for mobile devices. Obviously, we cannot expect that WhatsApp itself will bother to offer a dark mode for the web version (we could wait sitting down, not lying down rather).
Fortunately, to avoid having to add this feature, the web version of WhatsApp supports dark mode of browsers that have this function, so we only have to activate it on our computer or browser so that it is automatically activated in the web version.
How to make video calls with WhatsApp Web
To make video calls through WhatsApp Web, we must download the Messenger application, an application that was recently launched and is available for both Windows and macOS completely free of charge, or uUse the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium browser.
To create a video call via WhatsApp Web, we must follow the steps that I show you below:
- Click on the clip located to the right of the icon button and select the option Sala (represented by a camera).
- Next, he invites us to use Messenger to create it, click on Go to Messenger.
- At that time, always using Chrome or Microsoft's Edge Chromium, we will have to enter the data of our Facebook or Messenger account.
- Next, click on Create room, a room to which all the people we invite can join with a limit of 50 people without having to have an account on Facebook or Messenger.
- Finally, let's polish on Enter the room where the people with whom we are going to share will join the link that will be shown when entering the room.
- That link, we have to share it with everyone we want them to join the video conference.
How to make audio calls with WhatsApp Web
Regrettably not possible to make audio calls Through WhatsApp, a functionality that should not take long to arrive if we take into account that WhatsApp is already testing a new function that will allow video calls from the browser.
Close all sessions to prevent them from spying on us
When we stop using WhatsApp on a computer and we don't plan to use it again, the best we can do is close all sessions that we have previously established to, in this way, close any unauthorized access to our WhatsApp account, by someone who has had access to our mobile without us noticing.
To close all sessions or only those of some devices, we must access the WhatsApp Web section and where it indicates Sessions, delete all those that we are not going to use again. If we have doubts As for which teams it refers to, the best we can do is eliminate them all.
To consider
As I have commented several times in this article, WhatsApp Web is nothing more than a mirror of everything that happens in the application for our mobile device, so each change we make, is immediately reflected on our mobile no possibility of undoing it.