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

Ratings and reviews

WhatsApp is an indispensable tool in my daily communication since 2018. However, I've noticed a recurring issue regarding the degradation in picture quality when images are sent through the app. Despite the convenience and reliability of the platform, the noticeable drop in picture resolution upon sending is a concern. I hope the development team can address this issue to enhance the overall user experience. Looking forward to improvements in future updates.

Glitch city, recently I had been getting it where with only one contact. I send a message and it stays stuck on one tick which means they will not get my messages until the app is opened. No notifications will be sent to them (both I and the contact have changed nothing) asking support for help is useless as they do not read what you tell them. Update is required!!!!

For the most part I love this app, and it's my main app for messaging my friends. However, since Android 14 I've been having issues where some chats will start to come through as silent notifications meaning I'm not aware I have new messages unless I open the app. Very frustrating. Hopefully we can get some sort of fix soon. Resetting the app is only a temporary fix.

What's new

• You can now pin messages in groups for all current members.

• You can now check your connection health during a video call by long pressing on your tile.

• Added a 'view once' option to voice messages.

These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!