WhatsApp Messenger

WhatsApp LLC

About this app

WhatsApp from Meta is a FREE messaging and video calling app. It’s used by over 2B people in more than 180 countries. It’s simple, reliable, and private, so you can easily keep in touch with your friends and family. WhatsApp works across mobile and desktop even on slow connections, with no subscription fees*.

Private messaging across the world

Your personal messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them.

Simple and secure connections, right away

All you need is your phone number, no user names or logins. You can quickly view your contacts who are on WhatsApp and start messaging.

High quality voice and video calls

Make secure video and voice calls with up to 8 people for free*. Your calls work across mobile devices using your phone’s Internet service, even on slow connections.

Group chats to keep you in contact

Stay in touch with your friends and family. End-to-end encrypted group chats let you share messages, photos, videos and documents across mobile and desktop.

Stay connected in real time

Share your location with only those in your individual or group chat, and stop sharing at any time. Or record a voice message to connect quickly.

Share daily moments through Status

Status allows you to share text, photos, video and GIF updates that disappear after 24 hours. You can choose to share status posts with all your contacts or just selected ones.

Use WhatsApp on your Wear OS watch to continue conversations, reply to messages, and take calls - all from your wrist. And, leverage tiles and complications to easily access your chats and send voice messages.


*Data charges may apply. Contact your provider for details.

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If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us

Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service

Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy

Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security

Ratings and reviews

Works well enough. Easy to use and doesn't get in the way. I just wish I could turn off the 'updates' and 'communities' tabs. They are absolutely useless and I will intentionally never use them. I also wish that the chat backups were placed in a hidden folder. Currently my file manager app is cluttered with 'new' backups at the top of my list every day that have no business being there. Other than that, good app.

The fact that WhatsApp does not warn you when installing and starting up on a new device that you need to have a backup on the previous device, well that's just bloody stupid. I have ALWAYS had a backup and been using WhatsApp over 10 years. Something happened and it was disabled. I have lost 10 years of chats and photos. While backs up all the photos, and I can recover the chats, they are no longer together. Can no longer see the photos sent within the chats context. Should save ON the phone!!!

This app is pretty okay. I see we can message ourselves, which is very useful. Though, it would be even better if, when we message ourselves, the message would be repeated on the other end -as if we're normally messaging someone. That way, a notification would pop up (seconds after we send a message) and we could leave it alone to set it as some sort of reminder, a much better utility than an alarm.

What's new

• You can now edit messages up to 15 minutes after sending. Long press a message and choose ‘Edit’ to get started.
• Group chats show the profile photos of their participants.
These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!