Anyone who works a lot on the computer and writes messages via WhatsApp has always had to use their smartphone. With WhatsApp Web, you can now easily access your chat history, send and receive new messages from your PC. TECHBOOK shows you how it works.
WhatsApp has a helpful feature that allows to sync chat history from smartphone to PC. With the WhatsApp web service it is possible to receive and send messages on the PC without having to reach for the smartphone.
How to set up WhatsApp Web
To access WhatsApp Web, just type web.whatsapp.com in your browser search bar. There you will see a QR code that you have to scan with your smartphone.
To do this, open WhatsApp on your smartphone. In the WhatsApp start screen, you must click on the three dots in the top right corner and select WhatsApp Web from the menu.
Also read: WhatsApp can be used without a smartphone for the first time
WhatsApp will now access the camera (you may still need to give the app access to the camera function) and show a square scanner that you just have to point at the QR code. After successful scanning, the WhatsApp start screen with your complete chat history opens automatically in your computer’s browser. You can now easily receive and send messages on your computer.
Turn on desktop notifications
By activating the “Desktop notifications” you will receive information when new messages arrive. To do this, you have to click on the blue box in the top left of the WhatsApp window in the browser.
Also interesting: This is how you can delete sent messages on WhatsApp
The browser then asks for the required permission, which is granted by clicking on “Allow”. WhatsApp Web now shows you notifications right on your desktop when you get new messages. Clicking on the notifications will immediately open the chat. Receiving new messages and replying to them are therefore possible. The number of unread messages can also be seen in brackets in the WhatsApp tab of the browser.
How to disconnect again
WhatsApp Web can connect to multiple computers, but the chats are only synced to one computer. The connection between your smartphone and computer remains intact even when the computer shuts down. If you want to disconnect, you must first log out of the computer via the WhatsApp app. To do this, simply select “WhatsApp Web” in the menu again and in the new window select the computer with which you last synchronized the chats. In the subsequent pop-up, select the option “Log out” and the connection will be disconnected from this point on. Alternatively, it is also possible to disconnect all previously synchronized computers. All you have to do is select the “Log off from all computers” button.
