WhatsApp kills Electron desktop app

[Jan]

WhatsApp shuts down original desktop app

Popular online chat platform WhatsApp has shut down its first standalone desktop app, meaning users now have to use the recently-launched native apps or a browser to use WhatsApp on a computer.

The now-shuttered platform-agnostic WhatsApp Desktop app was first launched in May 2016.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Never used it before
I just use www.web.whatsapp.com everyday

 

[EL'Diablo]

Pretty sure im still using the desktop app, when is it being shut down?

 

[pinball wizard]

Never used it before

I never even heard of it.

 

[epah]

was dat?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

I never even heard of it.

Yup, that's what I meant to say
Just use the free web portal
I love it
Sometimes I forget my phone at home
I get to work and I can still Whatsapp on my pc
winning

 

[EL'Diablo]

was dat?

dis mahn

 

[r00igev@@r]

The people who developed the electron framework need to be shot at dawn.

 

[Vorastra]

The people who developed the electron framework need to be shot at dawn.

But it's so light.

 

[Priapus]

MacOS app still works.

 

[Hanno Labuschagne]

MacOS app still works.

That is the native app. Not the one referred to in the article, which explains the differences.

 

[adrianx]

What I like about the web-based version is that I'm able to run English, Spanish and Afrikaans spellcheckers all at the same time.