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 32 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.
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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
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Oct 17, 2025
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Easy to use and just an amazing app to stay connected and share pictures and videos with everyone! EDIT: down to 1 star after update. Choosing photos to upload is horrible now! It doesn't show all my photos. The drop down menu to select the album sucks too. If I choose to see more, it only shows me 5 "collections" It used to be much easier before. I don't know why or how or who approved this but it sucks BAD.
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Shephherd Chipunza
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October 19, 2025
everything is good for me in whatsapp. the data is secure but I have 1 concern and it's about the channels. I wish if the developers can add a search bar on the channels so that we can filter what we see from the channel. For example in a vacancy channel I have to open the channel and enter in the search box gardening for me to see only gardening vacancies. without search bar I have to scroll across every advert and most of them are irrelevant
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Tyler Locke
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October 17, 2025
Super annoying that when I want to attach a file, the app doesn't even give me access to all the folders on my device containing media files. It only shows a small subset of my media folders. If I want to send a file located in a different folder I have to locate it in my media gallery, then share to Whatsapp as opposed to just being able to attach it directly from a WhatsApp chat. Really basic feature that they can't even do properly.
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What’s new
• You can now schedule and view upcoming calls from the Calls tab. Tap the “+” icon and select “Schedule call”, then pick a contact/group to share a call invite. • Group chats now have a unified Calling icon, with new options to organize calls and select participants for audio or video calls.