WhatsApp for iPhones supports web version

WhatsApp has released support for its web version for iPhones. WhatsApp Web already worked on other operating systems such as Android and Windows Phone, but users with an iPhone could not use the messenger in the browser yet.

WhatsApp Web allows users to chat from the browser on the desktop. Reddit users noticed that the feature is active in the regular version of WhatsApp for iOS. Users can enable WhatsApp Web from the Settings menu of the application.

It had been clear for some time that the feature was coming, because it was already in the test version and web.whatsapp.com already reported that the iPhone version also has support for the web version. After the link between the browser and the iPhone, the phone must remain online; If the smartphone loses the connection to the Internet, the web version can no longer be used. Under iOS, it is also necessary that the app is active, otherwise it cannot connect.

This is due to the way WhatsApp is set up: unlike some other messaging services, WhatsApp does not store messages on its server. Once messages are delivered to the user’s phone, WhatsApp deletes them from its servers. Therefore, the user’s smartphone is responsible for receiving and sending messages via the web version. WhatsApp first introduced the web version for Android in January.