
On the other hand, the UWP client is expected to introduce better support for both voice and video calls that can be placed using a microphone.

It is also going to be faster and it would show chats in the chat list, similar to the WhatsApp web.Īnyone using the WhatsApp desktop app has been limited to text-based messages and voice calls with some limitations. This new WhatsApp client is based on UWP and Meta/Facebook is apparently using the XAML UI language to match the look and feel of Windows 11 or 10 apps. WhatsApp UWP app for Windows 11/10Īs we mentioned at the outset, the WhatsApp desktop app offers a choppy experience and it is slower than the native app available on Android or IOS. In other words, this new WhatsApp desktop client won’t be a web wrapper.

Also, this is a full-fledged UWP client, written from scratch and it’s not based on web components. UWP-based WhatsApp would technically mean that Windows desktop users will be provided with access to WhatsApp chats without connecting to the web version.
