WhatsApp Messenger

Simple. Reliable. Private.

Free

3.9M Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Social Networking
Developer

WhatsApp Inc.
Language

EN
+ 38 More
Size

278.6
MB

WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and calling app used by over 2 billion people across 180+ countries. It's super simplereliable and privatemaking it perfect for staying in touch with your friends and family worldwide. WhatsApp works across mobiletabletand desktop even on slow connectionswith no subscription fees*. Private messaging and calls across the world Your privacy is our priority. With end-to-end encryptionyou can be sure that your personal messages and calls stay between you and who you send them to. And no onenot even WhatsAppcan read or listen to them. Simple and secure connectionsright away All you need is your phone number - no usernames or logins needed. Easily view your contacts on WhatsApp and start messaging. And what's moreyou can easily link your other devicesincluding iPadsfor seamless connectivity. High quality voice and video calls Enjoy freesecure video and voice calls with up to 32 people for free. Your calls work across deviceseven on slower connectionsusing your phone or tablet’s Internet service. Group chats to keep you in contact Stay close to friends and family through end-to-end encrypted group chats and calls. Share messagesphotosvideos and documents across mobiletabletand desktop. You can also use call links and screen-sharing to make group calls and collaboration easy. Stay connected in real time You can share your location with those in your individual or group chats while using WhatsApp on your mobile phone. Or record a voice message for those moments when just text isn't good enough. Share daily moments through Status Share your everyday life with those who matter. With Status you can share textphotosvideoand GIF updates that disappear after 24 hours. You're always in control of who sees your status. Just choose who you want to share it with - all your contacts or selected ones. And bring your everyday to life. *Data charges may apply. Contact your provider for details. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any feedback or questionsplease 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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Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

3.9M Ratings

Amazing
21/06/2024

Gruff The Sigma Rizzler
WhatsApp is really good however it’s a bit hard to find some stuff and you can customise your own profile picture and you can also add a sentence about you underneath your profile picture. And say if you upgraded from messages to WhatsApp then if you had a friend who can’t find WhatsApp in the App Store then you can invite them to WhatsApp by sending an invitation in settings. Also you can turn on disappearing messages but if someone clicks on your message then they can keep the messages stopping it from disappearing from that specific person. Along with that if you’re in a group chat then you can click on your message and then info to see who has read it and you can send a message where you can only red it once. And same with if you’re on a group chat then you can easily just block one person from that group which does mean you can still see the group chat messages it’s just that you can’t see the person’s message(s) if they send any since you have blocked them.Thank you WhatsApp for helping me over the past 9 years!
Amazing
21/06/2024

Gruff The Sigma Rizzler

WhatsApp is really good however it’s a bit hard to find some stuff and you can customise your own profile picture and you can also add a sentence about you underneath your profile picture. And say if you upgraded from messages to WhatsApp then if you had a friend who can’t find WhatsApp in the App Store then you can invite them to WhatsApp by sending an invitation in settings. Also you can turn on disappearing messages but if someone clicks on your message then they can keep the messages stopping it from disappearing from that specific person. Along with that if you’re in a group chat then you can click on your message and then info to see who has read it and you can send a message where you can only red it once. And same with if you’re on a group chat then you can easily just block one person from that group which does mean you can still see the group chat messages it’s just that you can’t see the person’s message(s) if they send any since you have blocked them.Thank you WhatsApp for helping me over the past 9 years!
Now owned by Meta-Facebook!
28/04/2025

PatriciaMcK
Update: forced AI integrationno privacy! TL;DR: Switch to Signal Messenger. WhatsApp now share messagespics and videos with facebook. Whatsapp is no longer private! Quite funny that WhatsApp are copying all Signal features to try and remain a relevant messaging app. Facebook own facebook messengerinstagram and whatsapp. Things are about to change for the worse very soon: They are combining services; messages you send will be encrypted end-to-end to the recipientbut the message itself and any pictures (plus GPS tags on pics) are uploaded to Facebookso they will see the content of your messagespictures; from which they can then advertise stuff to you and sell your info onwards to other companies. You can switch to an opensource messaging app called ‘Signal messenger’ - open source and charity owned by a foundation. They never sell your data and information is truly encrypted end to endnever monitored by Facebook AND you can sign in on multiple devicessuch as laptop and iPadwithout your phone having signal service or being switched on! Signal messenger has more features than whatsapp and provides guaranteed privacy - your messages cannot be seen. But in essence Whatsapp is no longer what it originally was and you can make your voice heard by deregistering and switching to another message app of choice. The original owners of whatsapp have just left Facebook and it is now obvious why!
Now owned by Meta-Facebook!
28/04/2025

PatriciaMcK

Update: forced AI integrationno privacy! TL;DR: Switch to Signal Messenger. WhatsApp now share messagespics and videos with facebook. Whatsapp is no longer private! Quite funny that WhatsApp are copying all Signal features to try and remain a relevant messaging app. Facebook own facebook messengerinstagram and whatsapp. Things are about to change for the worse very soon: They are combining services; messages you send will be encrypted end-to-end to the recipientbut the message itself and any pictures (plus GPS tags on pics) are uploaded to Facebookso they will see the content of your messagespictures; from which they can then advertise stuff to you and sell your info onwards to other companies. You can switch to an opensource messaging app called ‘Signal messenger’ - open source and charity owned by a foundation. They never sell your data and information is truly encrypted end to endnever monitored by Facebook AND you can sign in on multiple devicessuch as laptop and iPadwithout your phone having signal service or being switched on! Signal messenger has more features than whatsapp and provides guaranteed privacy - your messages cannot be seen. But in essence Whatsapp is no longer what it originally was and you can make your voice heard by deregistering and switching to another message app of choice. The original owners of whatsapp have just left Facebook and it is now obvious why!
Becoming unreliable
30/04/2025

Lisamp85
The last few months every now and then it just stops working and says that I have gone against some termsI send an appeal asking what I am supposed to have done and then 24 hours or not long before I get a response saying that they are sorry for the mistake and that I can continue to use the app! I have asked every time what they think I am supposed to have done or why it keeps happening but I don’t seem to get any answers and it’s more frustrating when you haven’t saved the number in your phone or your in the middle of messaging and it all of a sudden cuts off! And as far as I’m aware it doesn’t inform people or put something on your account to tell anyone that your WhatsApp is unavailable so people have assumed that I am just ignoring them which is even more annoying! I wish they could either explain why this happens or fix whatever the problem is as I am not aware of any other messaging application that is similar and as widely known as this! So I used to think highly of this app but since this has been happening it’s gone down down and I’m getting very annoyed with itI have to tell everyone that if I don’t reply then please text as it keeps stopping me using it and then apologising! Not impressed and I can’t seem to find a support chat other than being told to go through the settingsbut I can’t when they stop it working so it’s useless then!!!!!
Becoming unreliable
30/04/2025

Lisamp85

The last few months every now and then it just stops working and says that I have gone against some termsI send an appeal asking what I am supposed to have done and then 24 hours or not long before I get a response saying that they are sorry for the mistake and that I can continue to use the app! I have asked every time what they think I am supposed to have done or why it keeps happening but I don’t seem to get any answers and it’s more frustrating when you haven’t saved the number in your phone or your in the middle of messaging and it all of a sudden cuts off! And as far as I’m aware it doesn’t inform people or put something on your account to tell anyone that your WhatsApp is unavailable so people have assumed that I am just ignoring them which is even more annoying! I wish they could either explain why this happens or fix whatever the problem is as I am not aware of any other messaging application that is similar and as widely known as this! So I used to think highly of this app but since this has been happening it’s gone down down and I’m getting very annoyed with itI have to tell everyone that if I don’t reply then please text as it keeps stopping me using it and then apologising! Not impressed and I can’t seem to find a support chat other than being told to go through the settingsbut I can’t when they stop it working so it’s useless then!!!!!
Whatsapps Channels.
26/07/2024

unicornlover_harrypotterlover
I’m quite offended because you have a Portsmouth channelbut you don’t have a Saints channel and I think it’s quite.. you know. as a strong and proud Saints supporterI completely argue that you shouldn’t have Pompei channel and you should definitely have a Saints channel. to be honest I think this is unacceptable behaviour. this is disgusting. you should very well put Southampton as a channel. Southampton FC. i’m sorry but Pompey fans are allowed to keep like caught up with their like team and we’re not even allowed to look at a channel that we support. my whole family is a Saints fan. do you have something against Southampton FC because if you do announce it on your WhatsApp channel because guess what I am following unlike the Southampton Channel oh which you don’t have!! this is unacceptable. and believe meI love WhatsApp trulybut you won’t let Southampton FC have a WhatsApp channel. What is your thing against Southampton? Get back to me on that one. I am out raged at your choices. and you might not get enough complaints about thisbut me and my friend do not agree. I will be expecting Southampton Channel by the end of 2024 thank you. 💔💔😡😡😡😡😡😡😥😥😪😪😭🥺🥺😔😔☹️🙁🙁
Whatsapps Channels.
26/07/2024

unicornlover_harrypotterlover

I’m quite offended because you have a Portsmouth channelbut you don’t have a Saints channel and I think it’s quite.. you know. as a strong and proud Saints supporterI completely argue that you shouldn’t have Pompei channel and you should definitely have a Saints channel. to be honest I think this is unacceptable behaviour. this is disgusting. you should very well put Southampton as a channel. Southampton FC. i’m sorry but Pompey fans are allowed to keep like caught up with their like team and we’re not even allowed to look at a channel that we support. my whole family is a Saints fan. do you have something against Southampton FC because if you do announce it on your WhatsApp channel because guess what I am following unlike the Southampton Channel oh which you don’t have!! this is unacceptable. and believe meI love WhatsApp trulybut you won’t let Southampton FC have a WhatsApp channel. What is your thing against Southampton? Get back to me on that one. I am out raged at your choices. and you might not get enough complaints about thisbut me and my friend do not agree. I will be expecting Southampton Channel by the end of 2024 thank you. 💔💔😡😡😡😡😡😡😥😥😪😪😭🥺🥺😔😔☹️🙁🙁

• You can now add a custom Member Tag to let everyone know your role in the group chat. Open the group chattap the group name and scroll to the members list. Tap Add member tag and type in your role to show people who you are or how you’re known in this group. These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!

Version 25.37.76

16/12/2025

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