WhatsApp’s Windows client has quietly been recast as a Chromium-based web wrapper and the fallout is now visible in everyday use: a substantially higher memory footprint, weaker Windows integration, and a small but growing movement of users who are sideloading older native builds to get the lean...
WhatsApp’s decision to replace its native Windows desktop client with a WebView2-wrapped web app has left many Windows 10 and 11 users looking for a way to restore the older, native experience — this feature‑rich, lean WinUI/UWP client that used less RAM, provided tighter Windows integration...
WhatsApp’s Windows client has quietly been rewritten as a wrapped web app, forcing many desktop users out of the native experience and into a WebView2/Chromium-backed “web shell” that is easier for Meta to maintain — but measurably heavier on system resources and weaker on native Windows...
WhatsApp’s Windows client has quietly been reshaped into a Chromium-powered web wrapper — and the result is a noticeably heavier, less native experience that can chew through RAM, raise CPU use, and break the tight Windows 11 integrations many users relied on. What shipped as version 2.2584.3.0...
Meta’s latest WhatsApp update has quietly swapped the native Windows client for a WebView2 wrapper that simply loads the web interface — and early tests show a dramatic hit to memory use, responsiveness, and tight Windows 11 integration. Background
WhatsApp’s Windows client has come full circle...
Meta has quietly replaced WhatsApp’s native Windows 11 client with a WebView2-wrapped version that essentially hosts web.whatsapp.com inside a Chromium-based runtime, a change rolling out through the Microsoft Store that many users say reduces Windows integration, increases RAM use, and makes...
Meta has quietly moved WhatsApp’s Windows client away from a native WinUI/UWP implementation and repackaged it as a WebView2-wrapped instance of WhatsApp Web, a change that is rolling out via the Microsoft Store and already showing measurable differences in memory use, system integration, and...
If WhatsApp on your Windows 11 PC suddenly feels sluggish — long startup times, choppy scrolling in busy chats, delayed message rendering, or sudden spikes in memory use — there’s a clear technical cause and a pragmatic mitigation path: Meta has moved the Windows desktop client away from the...
Meta’s WhatsApp for Windows is being pulled away from a true native Windows 11 experience and folded into a Chromium-based web wrapper — a change that will log many users out and force a fresh sign-in flow, and that threatens to trade Windows integration and efficiency for development...
Recently I download WhatsApp for pc
it is approximately 125 MB
when I install this software then it shows error in the system log
currently, I using window 10 x86
what i do
Good news coming for all the WhatsApp users, as the company released the official WhatsApp app for Windows 10 desktop or laptop. The WhatsApp app for Windows 10 is very similar to WhatsApp for Web, but the advantage is that you can run WhatsApp right from the computer or laptop.
1. To grab the...