WhatsApp is basically a messaging application which can be used only on a mobile device with a SIM card. A device without a SIM card won’t allow WhatsApp to be functional. However, some tablets, which have a voice calling option, can use WhatsApp Messenger service.
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Other than mobile phones and voice tablets, there are options where one can use WhatsApp on an iPad. However the method is a bit tedious, but works pretty fine.
Installing WhatsApp on a Windows PC using Blustacks was what we had shown you the last time. However, that too was a bit too techie and involves the use of Bluestacks as an app.
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This time we show you how you can install WhatsApp on your Windows desktop or laptop, without the use of Bluestacks. However, there is no application for WhatsApp for Windows as yet, so the procedure is not as simple as installing software and starting to use it.
In this procedure, we show you how you can use WhatsApp using Youwave. The procedure is not new, but is pretty simpler than setting it up on Bluestacks.
So let’s begin setting up WhatsApp on a desktop PC in just a few steps.
Firstly, you need to install Youwave, Youwave is an Android emulator application for Windows and is pretty straightforward to install and use.
Download Youwave from Youwave.com and install it. You may choose to install the paid version or the free trial version as a starter.
Once installed, start Youwave and your Android operating system will be virtually started up in a new window on your desktop.
Now you need to install WhatsApp on the virtual Android platform. Before that, WhatsApp needs to be downloaded and then installed. First, click on File – Path To Apps and select your system desktop as the path. Click on Open when you have chosen the folder. This is the path where the Android OS will accept APK files from.
Now we need to download WhatsApp. Click on View, and then on Online content. You will find a small new window popping up with WhatsApp in it. Double click on it and hold on for a while till it downloads.
The WhatsApp APK installer app will be downloaded and saved on your desktop. You need to now install this app inside the Android OS emulator.
Now click on View and then click on Apps. You will find a WhatsApp in that list. Simply double-click on the icon and WhatsApp will be installed.
You are almost done. Now open the App drawer once again and you shall find WhatsApp installed. Launch the app and you can continue to activate WhatsApp as you regularly would on a mobile phone.
The only issue here would be the SIM card and the phone number. Continue to activate WhatsApp and enter the country code and phone number you would like to use WhatsApp with. Make sure that the number you are using is active in a phone and that phone is not activated or using WhatsApp.
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The WhatsApp on your desktop will now contact the servers and send an SMS with a code to the mobile phone, which needs to be entered on your desktop. Your desktop WhatsApp will now try to receive the SMS code, but since there is no SIM option on your PC, it will ask you to manually enter it.
Once you have fed the code to the WhatsApp, you are all ready to begin sending and receiving WhatsApp messages from your desktop with the convenience of the large keyboard and a big desktop screen.
Note: if you are using WhatsApp on the smartphone with the same mobile number, the mobile phone app will interfere and deactivate the WhatsApp on your PC. It is recommended that you use a new number for the PC WhatsApp or uninstall WhatsApp on your smartphone.
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