WhatsApp is one of the most used messaging apps used around the world and the numbers are growing every day. Because of its user-friendly features and accessibility, the Facebook-owned messaging app now processes more than 65 billion messages per day. However, most of the users use it via their smartphones, but it is unknown to many that Whatsapp can be used on desktops and laptops.

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The most engaging feature of Whatsapp is the group chat, where the user can share messages, photos, and videos with a number of people at once. Along with that, the app also allows users to mute chats, customise group names and also offers video calls, and the most exciting fact is that all of these are for free.

The messaging app boasts of end-to-end encryption, i.e. the messages and the call are all secured. Only the user and the person she/he is communicating to can read or listen to them. It also allows the users to sync the chats to their laptops and desktop. Let's have a look at how to do the same:

Whatsapp for PC download: here is a brief how-to guide 

In order to access the website, one needs to download the app

Only Windows 8.1 (or newer) or Mac OSX 10.9 (or newer) have the access to the WhatsApp app

How to install WhatsApp on Mac OSX 10.9+:

Download the .zip file by navigating the download page on the computer.

Now, open the .zip file and run the WhatsApp.app

Once that is done, the application would ask whether the user wants to add the folder to the desktop dock.

After the completion of the installation, the user has to launch WhatsApp on the computer and scan the QR code with their smartphone to log in.

The other option is to download and install WhatsApp via the Apple App Store using a similar process.