IOS - WhatsApp Web?

Apple does not 'need' to do anything with ports, WhatsApp need to fix their end.

Lowering security so that a 3rd party messaging App can work is the dumbest idea so far today.

There are no limitations from Apple, Whatsapp is being just lazy. I am using Whatsapp web client in iPad 3, Safari with my Android phone without any problem. No jailbreak, no setting change nothing. Just a simple tweak of 'request desktop' site in Safari! Why can't Whatsapp people make relevant change in cross browser codes so that this page auto loads in Safari and Chrome in iPad and we don't need to do a request desktop site everytime.

If Apple users ask kindly for the app, Apple will HELP TO MAKE THE APP FASTER. Im not saying Apple is making the App, Im saying that Apple is not helping the process to make the app faster. We are talking about the biggest messaging app in the world, we are not talking about a normal third party app. Im just saying, if Apple realizes their costumers want the app they will help make the process faster. If you are interested you can send them feedback using the following link:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Thank You

DarthKazi wrote:

WhatsApp has consistently been on the top 5 in all Appstores across platforms. I think that speaks for itself.

While that statement may be true, it most certainly does NOT mean the EVERYBODY uses it. In fact, its adoption rate is beginning to fall, primarily for two reasons:

1. The decision to "partner" with FaceBook (and anyone that actually believes FB won't eventually just suck it in, stand up and cheer now).
2. Increasingly cheaper SMS text options
3. A decline in reliability and the inability to handle security and other platform demands (hence this thread). Many of these appear to be related to security.

None of which is really germane to the topic. WhatsApp has a problem with one of its features and its ability to use it on iOS devices. It is an issue WhatsApp (or FaceBook) needs to fix, not Apple. An issue fewer people care about than you seem to realize. There are far to many available options to waste time with this specific platform.

Web Whatsapp is not going to be able for iPhone users. I asked Whatsapp personally through email and they told me that the application is hard to make but they are working on it. People think that Apple don't like this idea because they don't like Whatsapp, they have a awful relationship. The other argument is that with the huge security Apple has is difficult to make the application work. Apple needs to unblock some ports to let WhatsApp send connection to the web app being in the background and Apple don't like this ideas. So to resume all of this, don't expect Web WhatsApp shortly. MAYBE if we get a lot of people that wants it and ask for it they would work faster.

Oh, a friend told that it was something with ports Im sorry. Can you please explain me more about the "fix their end". I dont understand why are they taking so long to implement a application that all the others phone in the market have. Secondly, its Apple, the biggest phone company in the whole world, how cant they make a simple application work that other can? It makes no sense for me. I dont know who to contact, but I really need this application it will make my life so easier.

dpineres wrote:

Oh, a friend told that it was something with ports Im sorry. Can you please explain me more about the "fix their end". I dont understand why are they taking so long to implement a application that all the others phone in the market have. Secondly, its Apple, the biggest phone company in the whole world, how cant they make a simple application work that other can? It makes no sense for me. I dont know who to contact, but I really need this application it will make my life so easier.

Because it is NOT an Apple app. Ask the people who make it to fix it.

Apple does not make the application, nor do they make it work. Third party applications are written by developers to work on particular platforms. If Whatsapp is having difficulty writing an app to work in iOS, that is their issue, not Apple's. The only restriction is that they work within the restrictions of iOS development. Since other platforms are more open, and more susceptible to viruses and malware, then they are probably easier to code for. That is Whatsapp's problem.

They cannot do anything unless the developer submits the app. They do not speed up or slow down the process. It just requires the developer to submit the app for approval. Once it is done, then it is done. Please try and understand that Apple is not the problem here, the developer is. The thing about this "biggest messaging app in the world" as you state, is that it is a workaround that requires both parties to a message to have the app. It is not standard messaging which is handled by either the carrier or the iPhone.

dpineres wrote:

If Apple users ask kindly for the app, Apple will HELP TO MAKE THE APP FASTER.

No, seriously, Apple won't. Apple offers a development platform for third party apps. Making them work is the vendor's issue, no Apple's.

dpineres wrote:

we are not talking about a normal third party app.

Yes, actually you are.

I think that Whatsapp is the biggest messaging application in the whole world

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/best-messag ing-apps-for-android-1187003

So yes its not a normal 3rd party application.

Second, about Apple helping the process. I THINK they can, like said, if many users ask for it they will try to make it faster. You will respond to me by saying "No they are not responsible bla bla bla bla" But you need to think in the perspective of a manager or a owner of a business. If your costumers want something why aren't you going to give it to them or help them. For last, I thought that the problem was with Apple not with Whatsapp. Why did I thought this?Unfortunately for now, we will not be able to provide web client to our iOS users due to Apple platform limitations.

"Apple plataform limitations", what I understand of this is that Apple has some security limitations and therefore they cant make the app work. I though that Apple could do something about this platform and help the app. Im not expert in the topic, this is what a normal person understand by reading Whatsapp information. So, can someone please tel me (a normal person) why cant Whatsapp make the application work and other cellphones can? Is Whatsapp even trying to make the app? Anyone here knows a way we can accelerate the process?

Thank You

Unfortunately for now, we will not be able to provide web client to our iOS users due to Apple platform limitations.

Translation: They're too lazy to make an iOS version. Seriously, there are no "platform limitations" unique to Apple. If I understand correctly, the concept behind WhatsApp Web is that you can login by scanning a QR code on your device. Apple does not do anything to make this difficult. I also contacted WhatsApp, asking what the alleged "platform limitations" were, and never received a reply.

WhatsApp is indeed the biggest messaging app in the world. Second biggest would go to Facebook Messenger. And then followed by the other names like WeChat, Line, etc.

Only on iOS, WhatsApp Web is not supported on the desktop apparently due to platform limitation according to WhatsApp - whatever the reason maybe either business related, technicality or pure laziness - it is irrelevant, WhatsApp iPhone users are being left out where literally everyone else has access to WhatsApp Web even Nokia Symbian S40 from 10 years ago.

Some would say if you care enough about WhatsApp Web among other things - switch to a different platform otherwise stick with iMessage or the other alternative third party which allows desktop access. It *****, but unfortunately this is the situation.

So the ball is currently in Apple's court whether are they going to work/have been working with WhatsApp in regards to the technicalities or business - the end result is iOS users should not be handicapped from using services accessible to everyone else, especially after paying for a premium flagship handset.

It is this sort of arrogance, ignorance, reality distortion field that leads to believe that iMessage is really all every Apple user ever needs or that Apple Maps is a better alternative than Google Maps.

If Apple does care about its users, they should fix this shortcoming in future releases and working with WhatsApp is the only way to go about it. The entire marketplace bar the Apple community views this as a weakness of the iOS platform.

I'm sorry, but it is you that seems to have a distorted view of reality. You do understand how software and programming work. If Whatsapp wants their program to work in the Apple ecosystem, then they have to design it to work. Apple is not going to re-write their iOS for the express purpose of making Whatsapp work. What happens if this change of code to make Whatsapp work disables other multiple platforms? This is how coding works. It is like a software vendor writing a program that works with Windows or Mac. They have to write it for the platform they want to sell it in.