WhatsApp has extended its services to web browsers for the first time, having previously only built for mobile
Messaging service WhatsApp is now available to use via Google Chrome in what the company hopes will be "simply an extension of your phone".
Current users can connect their WhatsApp mobile app to Chrome - no other browsers appear to be available at this time - by scanning a QR code at https://web.whatsapp.com.
"Your phone needs to stay connected to the internet for our web client to work, and please make sure to install the latest version of WhatsApp on your phone," reads a blog post on WhatsApp's site.
"Unfortunately for now, we will not be able to provide web client to our iOS users due to Apple platform limitations."
WhatsApp has overtaken text messaging as the communication platform of choice across the world. Around 30 billion WhatsApp messages are sent every day, compared to 20 billion SMS. It also has around 700 million monthly active users, over 500 million of which are Android users alone.
The company recently introduced adouble blue tick feature, which indicated whether your messages have been opened and read by the recipient for the first time.
A single grey tick now now represents that the message has been successfully sent, while two grey ticks mean it has been delivered to their phone. Once the ticks turn blue, the recipient has read your message, the company confirmed in a blog post.
Facebook purchased WhatsApp in February 2014 for $19 billion (£11bn). At the time the company published a blog post detailing the company's continued commitment to privacy, declaring "If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t
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