WhatsApp Messenger

4.3
202M reviews
5B+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

WhatsApp from Meta is a FREE messaging and video calling app. It’s used by over 2B people in more than 180 countries. It’s simple, reliable, and private, so you can easily keep in touch with your friends and family. WhatsApp works across mobile and desktop even on slow connections, with no subscription fees*.

Private messaging across the world

Your personal messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them.

Simple and secure connections, right away

All you need is your phone number, no user names or logins. You can quickly view your contacts who are on WhatsApp and start messaging.

High quality voice and video calls

Make secure video and voice calls with up to 8 people for free*. Your calls work across mobile devices using your phone’s Internet service, even on slow connections.

Group chats to keep you in contact

Stay in touch with your friends and family. End-to-end encrypted group chats let you share messages, photos, videos and documents across mobile and desktop.

Stay connected in real time

Share your location with only those in your individual or group chat, and stop sharing at any time. Or record a voice message to connect quickly.

Share daily moments through Status

Status allows you to share text, photos, video and GIF updates that disappear after 24 hours. You can choose to share status posts with all your contacts or just selected ones.

Use WhatsApp on your Wear OS watch to continue conversations, reply to messages, and take calls - all from your wrist. And, leverage tiles and complications to easily access your chats and send voice messages.


*Data charges may apply. Contact your provider for details.

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If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us

Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service

Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy

Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security
Updated on
Jan 7, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.3
199M reviews
squishy tomato
January 17, 2025
App has become UNUSABLE since a couple of weeks..Seems to have a bug with sending messages - sometimes when you hit send, there is a red exclamation mark for a second, then the message appears to be sent but when you leave the chat and reopen it the message has disappeared. Impossible to sustain a conversation now. I have updated my phone software and run a scan for malware, I don't think the problem is on my phone. Tried to contact WhatsApp but only got an automated reply. Very frustrated.
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Fang Shao
November 28, 2024
selecting photos from the app is a horrible experience, when you selected all the photo and wanted to go back up to check them, the window gets brought down when you hit the top without any buffer or warning. You always end up accidentally bringing down and therefore closing the selection screen and had to restart again, extremely frustrating experience.
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Floris van Lent
January 11, 2025
Something changed with the screen when sharing photos in a chat. When typing in the textbox that apprars in that dialogue, I can not move the cursor without selecting text. When first typing a message and then adding a photo, it actually removes the entire message I typed. This happens on S21 with latest updates and default keyboard
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What’s new

• You can now edit messages up to 15 minutes after sending. Long press a message and choose ‘Edit’ to get started.
• Group chats show the profile photos of their participants.
These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!