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I use WhatsApp web and avoided the apps on desktop.

Yet, I really don't understand why WhatsApp would need app especially with the state mentioned here (which is a basic wrapper)

There are no calls in the web app, but modern web stack is more than enough to provide all the real functionality needed for it.



Indeed, the desktop app provides absolutely nothing.

If it allowed me to do video calls from a laptop, that could be useful but obviously that can't be a feature they therefore offer.


Apparently what it provided was a more lightweight experience at 1/10th the RAM consumption.


maybe they will provide a lite.whatsapp.com version (someone add it to the corporate vision board please)


> If it allowed me to do video calls from a laptop

It does though?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FkkHyvw8M


Yeah, calls are the only I installed the Windows desktop app instead of using WhatsApp Web.


Sorry I should have been clearer.

According to this not any more.




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