The Meta-owned WhatsApp is a wildly popular free messaging service that boasts of billions of users worldwide. While many people use WhatsApp via their phones, it can also be used on a desktop or laptop with two features called WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop. So, if you know you’re going to be away from your phone for a bit and need to send a quick message, or if you just want to be able to keep in touch with your friends or family while you’re busy at work, using WhatsApp Web or WhatsApp Desktop on your computer or laptop can be a great option. 
WhatsApp Web and Desktop are computer-based extensions of the WhatsApp account on your phone. The messages you send and receive are synced between your phone and computer, and you can see your messages on both devices.
WhatsApp allows its users to send messages, chat, and share their location, images, media including voice messages and video, and even make payments with individuals or groups..
You can use the WhatsApp platform on your PC, tablet, laptop or any other device without even having an active internet connection on your smartphone. But you have to use your phone for linking your WhatsApp on every device and don't need to log out from that device to use the platform on the phone again. If you log out, then you have to keep using your phone to link WhatsApp on your PC/laptop every time.
There are two ways to use Whatsapp Web on your laptop or computer:
- Through a browser-based application of WhatsApp that can be used on the internet. This is called WhatsApp Web.
- Through an application you can download to your computer called WhatsApp Desktop.
Step by step guide on how to use WhatsApp Web
- Open the browser on your computer
- Further open WhatsApp Web from WhatsApp’s website
- Now open the WhatsApp Web option on your phone
- Scan the QR code to enable linking your account
- Your WhatsApp Web account is good to go and be used to chat with your loved ones or exchange messages with colleagues while you’re working!
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Further if you want to use the WhatsApp Desktop feature to access WhatsApp on your computer, here is how you can do it in two easy steps.
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Open your computer's browser and go to the WhatsApp Download page. Following which you download the .exe or .dmg file.
Once you have downloaded the file, open the .exe or .dmg file and follow the prompt steps to install the application.
