With the WhatsApp desktop app for Windows or Mac:

Scan the website’s WhatsApp Web QR code with your phone.

Tap the three-dot icon and select WhatsApp Web.

Here are instructions for getting started: There are three ways to use WhatsApp Web: On the WhatsApp website, with the WhatsApp Web desktop application, or as an integrated feature in the Opera browser. This syncs your contacts and messages, effectively mirroring WhatsApp, so that what you do in WhatsApp Web happens on your phone, and vice versa. You log in by using your phone to scan a QR code on your computer. Because of this, WhatsApp must be installed on your phone before you can use WhatsApp Web. WhatsApp Web is an extension of the WhatsApp mobile application. It allows you to chat with people in WhatsApp on your computer, rather than on your phone. WhatsApp Web is an online platform for using your WhatsApp account on your computer.

Please feel free to ask any additional questions you have in the comment section below, and we will answer them here when we can. Since then, we have seen increasing mentions of the Opera browser in forums and articles concerning the use and functionality of WhatsApp Web, and have started receiving questions from our users themselves.īecause of this, we have decided to post the most frequently-asked questions and answers about WhatsApp Web all in one place, so that our users and anyone interested can find the information they need. Recently we at Opera introduced a dedicated WhatsApp feature into the Opera browser for computers.

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