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

I have chat backups turned off, but as a new annoyance, I get frequent notifications, saying "couldn't complete backup"... Of course the darn thing couldn't complete the backup, it is not supposed to even try! That's a new bug (I hope it is a bug, and not intentional) that has been bothering me for two or three weeks now. Please, test your software before you publish it.

Sharing stuff (using the share button in an other app) is only possible if you give it full access to the photos and videos permission. Send an image using the paperclip requires the same permission. Why does it not support the standard file picker (or just limited access). This is either really bad design, or my guess just intentionally evil.

Stop trying to be social media! I don't care who is doing what, I want to communicate quickly and efficiently. A notification should be for a message, not who had what for dinner on their "story"! Great app for sending and receiving messages/pictures. The camera function is terrible. Use your own camera and send pictures directly from your gallery. The voice notes are great and videos send pretty quickly. Would be better if the default quality was HD. Not just an option.

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!