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    Whatsapp Web: Citation Needed

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    WhatsApp was made available for PCs through a web client called WhatsApp Web in January 2015. The web client mirrors conversations from the user's phone, which must remain connected to the Internet. Initially only available for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone, it later added support for iOS, Symbian, and other platforms. Unofficial third-party desktop clients also exist but pose risks as user phone numbers could be banned. WhatsApp introduced voice and video calling features in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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    WhatsApp was made available for PCs through a web client called WhatsApp Web in January 2015. The web client mirrors conversations from the user's phone, which must remain connected to the Internet. Initially only available for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone, it later added support for iOS, Symbian, and other platforms. Unofficial third-party desktop clients also exist but pose risks as user phone numbers could be banned. WhatsApp introduced voice and video calling features in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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    WhatsApp was made available for PCs through a web client called WhatsApp Web in January 2015. The web client mirrors conversations from the user's phone, which must remain connected to the Internet. Initially only available for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone, it later added support for iOS, Symbian, and other platforms. Unofficial third-party desktop clients also exist but pose risks as user phone numbers could be banned. WhatsApp introduced voice and video calling features in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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    WhatsApp Web[edit]

    WhatsApp was officially made available for PCs through a web


    client, under the name WhatsApp Web, in late January 2015 through
    an announcement made by Koum on his Facebook page: "Our web
    client is simply an extension of your phone: the web browser mirrors
    conversations and messages from your mobile device—this means all
    of your messages still live on your phone". The WhatsApp user's
    handset must still be connected to the Internet for the browser
    application to function. All major desktop browsers are supported
    except for Internet Explorer. WhatsApp Web's user interface is based
    on the default Android one.[citation needed]
    As of January 21, 2015, the desktop version was only available to
    Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone users. Later on, it also
    added support for iOS, Nokia Series 40, and Nokia S60 (Symbian).[133]
    [134]

    An unofficial derivative called WhatsAppTime has been developed,


    which is a standard Win32 application for PCs and supports
    notifications through the Windows notification area.[135]
    There are similar solutions for macOS, such as the open-
    source ChitChat.[136][137][138]
    Microsoft Windows and Mac[edit]
    On May 10, 2016, the messaging service was introduced for both
    Microsoft Windows and macOS operating systems. WhatsApp
    currently does not allow audio or video calling from desktop
    operating systems. Similar to the WhatsApp Web format, the app,
    which will be synced with a user's mobile device, is available for
    download on the website. It supports OS versions of Windows
    8 and OS X 10.10 and higher.[139][140][141]
    Apple iPad[edit]
    A story circulated in 2019 that iPad support was coming.[142]
    However, as of March 2020, WhatsApp does not run on the Apple
    iPad. From the WhatsApp iOS page (accessed March 2020):
    "WhatsApp is a telephony app, so iPod and iPad are not supported
    devices."[143]
    iPad users searching for WhatsApp are shown, numerous third-party
    clients. Several top results have names and logos resembling
    WhatsApp itself, and some users do not realize they are using a third-
    party client. Unfortunately, using third-party clients runs the risk to
    the user of their phone number being permanently banned.[144]
    Technical[edit]
    WhatsApp uses a customized version of the open standard Extensible
    Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).[145] Upon installation, it
    creates a user account using one's phone number as the username
    (Jabber ID:  [phone number]@s.whatsapp.net ).
    WhatsApp software automatically compares all the phone numbers
    from the device's address book with its central database of WhatsApp
    users to automatically add contacts to the user's WhatsApp contact
    list. Previously the Android and Nokia Series 40 versions used
    an MD5-hashed, reversed-version of the phone's IMEI as password,
    [146]
     while the iOS version used the phone's Wi-Fi MAC
    address instead of IMEI.[147][148] A 2012 update now generates a
    random password on the server side.[149]
    Some Dual SIM devices may not be compatible with WhatsApp,
    though there are some workarounds for this.[150]
    In February 2015, WhatsApp introduced a voice calling feature; this
    helped WhatsApp to attract a completely different segment of the user
    population.[151][152] WhatsApp's voice codec is Opus,[153][154][155] which
    uses the modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) and linear
    predictive coding (LPC) audio compression algorithms.[156] WhatsApp
    uses Opus at 8–16 kHz sampling rates.[153][155] On November 14, 2016,
    Whatsapp added a video calling feature for users across Android,
    iPhone, and Windows Phone devices.[157][158]
    In November 2017, Whatsapp released a new feature that would let its
    users delete messages sent by mistake within a time frame of 7
    minutes.[159]
    Multimedia messages are sent by uploading the image, audio or video
    to be sent to an HTTP server and then sending a link to the content
    along with its Base64 encoded thumbnail (if applicable).[160]
    WhatsApp follows a "store and forward" mechanism for exchanging
    messages between two users. When a user sends a message, it first
    travels to the WhatsApp server where it is stored. Then the server
    repeatedly requests the receiver to acknowledge receipt of the
    message. As soon as the message is acknowledged, the server drops
    the message; it is no longer available in the database of the server.
    The WhatsApp server keeps the message only for 30 days in its
    database when it is not delivered (when the receiver is not active on
    WhatsApp for 30 days).[161][self-published source?]

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