
With so many people still apart from their loved ones, and adjusting to new ways of working, we want conversations on WhatsApp to feel as close to in-person as possible, regardless of where you are in the world or the technology you’re using.Īnswering on a bigger screen makes it easier to work with colleagues, see your family more clearly on a bigger canvas or free up your hands to move around a room while talking. Last New Year’s Eve, we broke the record for the most calls ever made in a single day with 1.4 billion voice and video calls.

Throughout the last year we’ve seen significant increases in people calling one another on WhatsApp, often for long conversations. You can follow us on Twitter, add us to your circle on Google+ or like our Facebook page to keep yourself updated on all the latest from Microsoft, Google, Apple and the Web.We’re excited to announce that private and secure one-to-one voice and video calls are now available on WhatsApp’s desktop app.

The desktop client should now display all your conversations and immediately start syncing everything to and from your phone (the profile pictures took a little longer to load for me). You can log out from within the desktop app ( WhatsApp > Log Out) or return to the WhatsApp Web section in the mobile app for the same.

Now, launch WhatsApp on your phone, switch to the Settings tab and select WhatsApp Web to scan the QR code on your computer’s screen.

Setting them up is a simple affair, identical to the process in place for WhatsApp Web. Simply launch the app on your computer and wait for it to present you with a QR code. The apps need Windows 8 and later or OS X 10.9 and higher to run, and are available to download right now.
