WhatsApp finally launches brand new app that millions of users have been waiting years for

WHATSAPP has launched a brand new app for Mac users who prefer to chat via their Apple PC instead of their phone.

The Meta-owned messenger has been available on Apple Mac PCs for some time, but users claim it is clunky and takes a while to load in.

Sean Keach

Now a sparkly new version has been launched, having been on the cards for several months.

Not only will Mac users be able to receive WhatsApp calls without keeping the app running, they can also make group audio calls with up to 32 others for the first time.

Mac owners will also be able to video call with up to eight others.

If the new and improved version of WhatsApp isn’t on the App Store yet, just wait a couple days.

Mac owners say the update been a long overdue.

Many had simply been relying on the web version instead of the Mac app because it was so slow.

“It’s a full fledged desktop app that works perfectly and loads in under a second, just like the Telegram app,” one tech whizz wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

“Very smooth, very optimised – took them long enough.

“We can do away with the web version on Macs now, this is way better.

“It used to take forever to load, was still pretty much tied to the web version, and it was really slow with a bad user interface.”

While most Mac owners are over the moon, many Apple fans are left wondering when iPads might get a WhatsApp app.

“If WhatsApp makes a iPad app, chances of me buying Galaxy tablet are nil,” one user tweeted.

Another wrote: “Maybe we’re closer to an iPad app now… same layout, just for iPadOS.”

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