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WhatsApp Is Dropping Its Native Windows App in Favor of a Web-Based Version

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The latest WhatsApp Beta introduces an unexpected change for Windows users. The update reportedly discontinues the native UWP app, replacing it with an empty shell built around...

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The application, installed on millions of PCs, is ready to be supplanted by a simple web app, which will require more resources to run

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Testers who have downloaded the latest beta from the WhatsApp app for Windows have taken a nasty surprise, because it is no longer a native app.

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Meta plans to discontinue the native WhatsApp app for Windows and replace it with a web-based version powered by Microsoft's Edge WebView2 technology, which allows a web page to be generated and displayed as if it were a…

Meta has made a decision that will impact millions of WhatsApp users on Windows. The company has confirmed that it will stop developing its native application for this operating system. Instead, the platform will migrate to a web app identical to WhatsApp Web, which means the end of exclusive features and less optimized performance. The post Find out: WhatsApp will abandon its native app for Windows first appeared on Cubadebate.

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Windows Latest broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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