Calling on whatsapp finally on linux?
Posted by NoLengthiness1864@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 37 comments
Whatsapp has migrated its windows client from a native client to a webview wrapper, but this version of whatsapp web does support calling unlike the browser whatsapp web.
Since the new client is web based shouldn't it be easy to port to linux or run using wine so that Linux users can finally have calling on whatsapp?
Shl0ng88@reddit
It works with waydroid.
R4tr4tr4t@reddit
Is there camera support ?
Shl0ng88@reddit
Sadly no :(
vladutzu27@reddit
I wish waydroid worked on amd cpus damn
NoLengthiness1864@reddit (OP)
I dont wanna run an android emulator just to get whatsapp
Shl0ng88@reddit
It's not an emulator tho, It's container based and consumes as little resources as possible.
my_new_accoun1@reddit
When I put waydroid on my system it just opened lineageos boot screen in full screen and then went to trebuchet launcher
It was in fullscreen and I didn't see any way to separate apps
Shl0ng88@reddit
What do you mean by seperate apps? If you want them each in its seperate window, that can be achieved through multi-window mode
my_new_accoun1@reddit
Thanks
affective_tones@reddit
But what if I have WhatsApp already on a phone? Can more than one WhatsApp Android app log in at the same time?
Shl0ng88@reddit
Yeah, It's what I currently have.
shikkonin@reddit
It's time for WhatsApp to finally die its deserved death.
Nexis4Jersey@reddit
And what should we move to...Telegram , is worse than WhatsApp and seems to be expanding its censorship as of late. Signal pretty good, but it has a very smaller user base.
gpsxsirus@reddit
It's the ONLY thing anyone uses where I live. You need to contact a business? WhatsApp. Order something from outside of the country, customs will contact you through WhatsApp once they have your package.
shikkonin@reddit
Thank god this insanity never arrived here.
gpsxsirus@reddit
It's double edged. On one hand it would be nice to not use anything Meta. On the other it's nice to have one location for all my chats. Well it would be if half the people I talked to weren't from other countries where everyone wants to use different services.
NoLengthiness1864@reddit (OP)
O I wish, but literally everybody here uses whatsapp
I cant even switch if I want to, I have to use it
my_new_accoun1@reddit
Use wwebjs and then you can make your own client :)
NoLengthiness1864@reddit (OP)
Just need to figure out which version of whatsapp web the windows client is loading to get calling since the official web version doesnt support it
INITMalcanis@reddit
I hear you. Big same :(
RubyHaruko@reddit
It don't use it and don't have problems and if you want a app: PWAs are an option
mzimo_Lie@reddit
😂😂😂..........
New-Ranger-8960@reddit
Signal ftw
Mr_Koltuk@reddit
i hope everyone gets to know signal.
jashAcharjee@reddit
Ain’t happening anytime sooner
DeGamiesaiKaiSy@reddit
There are worse messenger apps than WhatsappÂ
Eg Viber
xenate@reddit
You could run whatsapp in bitlbee irc gateway in linux years ago
Left_Revolution_3748@reddit
We needn't WhatsApp in linux it just a spyware
abeorch@reddit
I saw somewhere that WhatsApp had started integration withba couple of other Messaging systems in the EU.. My hope is eventually a non-profit creates a bridge to WhatsApp to something open.
NoLengthiness1864@reddit (OP)
Never happening, Those suckers at meta would never let smth like this happen.
If they are doing it maybe they are forced by the EU in which case that bridge thing would also only be in EU
ben2talk@reddit
Wow, bringing Microsoft and insecurity right to your desktop... not a good idea.
AtlanticPortal@reddit
Every time an application is written to be an Electron-like wrapper I feel dirty if I have it installed. It’s easier on developers, yes, but it’s damn ugly, not integrated, and even slow. At that point t what’s the benefit over using a browser tab?
mystirc@reddit
That would certainly be very useful. Btw, the native WhatsApp port on windows was terrible. Yes it did blend in with windows perfectly, but it was slow. Like really slow on low end hardware (just like everything else on windows). The web version is way better in terms of performance.
foreverdark-woods@reddit
Wow, that's pathetic if even the web version is faster.
mystirc@reddit
It really is, I used to open the desktop version only when I needed to call.
NoLengthiness1864@reddit (OP)
A web app always eats up more ram, but its not like meta's gonna build a native linux app so I would be happy if we just get calling on linux
and I dont think so they are gonna do it officially, somebody has to find another way thats why I posted this here
mystirc@reddit
Yeah, that's the thing, although it does use more ram, it is at least faster. Somebody is definitely gonna find a workaround sooner or later.