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.


*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

For communications, the app is fine. The redesign of the notification icon, which displays the sender's profile image, is a terrible idea. The previous icon was immediately recognizable. The current choice is dependent on there being contrast between the image and the background, which the developers cannot possibly guarantee. As a result, the icon for many of my contacts just looks like a smudge. In my opinion, this design choice is horribly flawed.

4k videos are compressed in an awful quality. Of course compression is necessary, but the quality is way too bad. HDR video cannot be sent without the colour being changed drastically. GoogleDrive backup hangs at 99% and won't complete. Data security & privacy :-( This is the reason why I moved to signal wherever I can.

It's a good app but I've been facing "reconnecting" issue for a long time. Whenever I receive or make a call, 1st thing that appears, is reconnecting and then voice breakdown starts. It happens time and again during every call. That makes me hard to have a conversation with anyone. I would like to request to resolve this issue. I'm unable to have a conversation with anyone while the issue is there. Thank you.

What's new

• Added support for WhatsApp on Wear OS smartwatches
• You can now save important messages for later when using Disappearing Messages. Long press on a message and choose “Keep” to get started.
• Added new text overlay tools for Status including updated fonts and background colors
• GIFs will now play automatically without having to tap them.