But that doesn't mean that everyone uses it. Google Chrome is a good browser, no question, perhaps the best there is. WhatsApp Web only works if WhatsApp is installed and working on your smartphone.© ANDROIDPIT Other instant messaging services like Hangouts and Telegram are significantly more advanced in this regard, because they not only work with the app on your phone, but they also work independently.

WhatsApp must therefore be installed on your smartphone and running in the background, otherwise the web-based service will not work. This means that only WhatsApp messages received on your smartphone will be forwarded to the browser. The reason for this is that WhatsApp Web is merely an interface between WhatsApp on your smartphone and in your web browser. WhatsApp Web is no standalone web app, but instead only works in combination with your smartphone. WhatsApp fan with an iPhone? Touch luck, no WhatsApp Web for you.

This brings us directly to the next point. And that's just not cricket.Īs justification, the company has cited problems with multitasking and push notifications. The new WhatsApp Web client only works with Android devices, which, while it suits us just fine, alienates a whole bunch of WhatsApp fans. © ANDROIDPITĮven though we sit here at AndroidPIT all comfortable in the awareness of our superiority over iPhone owners, Apple still represents a huge part of the smartphones in the world. Is WhatsApp Web worth it? We don't think so, not by a long shot.

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