WhatsApp on pc

David_Aston

Just wondered if anyone has successfully got WhatsApp to work on a Vista operating system?
I have downloaded an apk installer and launcher. It contains the following instructions, sorry about the detail.
"Before installing this program you must download and install Android SDK from Developer. android.com. Then run SDK Manager and install latest platform tools and at least one platform SDK and system image. Then run AVD Manager and create a virtual device. This program is tested with Android SDK 21.1, Android SDK Platform Tools 16, Android 2.1 and Android 4.2.2"
I think I have done all of that. However, on trying to fire up the WhatsApp launcher it says that App.exe cannot be found.
All of this in order to see the images of our new granddaughter, which my son can only send from his mobile to my wife's mobile using WhatsApp. Any ideas would be welcome.

onomatopoeia99

Blimey that's complicated - I'd do all that stuff if I was developing an android app, but not to send or receive photos, it's making it 100 times harder than it need be. I would never ask someone that wasn't a software developer to install an SDK.

Can't he just email them from the phone, or post them on facebook with a limited list of people allowed to see them?

RumRat

If he installs Viber, instead of Whatsapp, it works exactly the same but has a really good desktop app so you can use it with or without the phone.
I use both on my phone and it's no problem sending the same photo via both apps if different people want them.
http://www.viber.com/en/products/windows

danmanchester

Wouldn't it be easier to just use Whatsapp web?
https://web.whatsapp.com/

It does require installing the Chrome browser though

David_Aston

Thanks All, as always you give positive feedback.
danmanchester, I will look at your weblink. I did in fact install Google Chrome first, thinking that it was all that was required!!!
Going over to see the baby tomorrow. Have made sure all camera batteries are charged, and plenty of room on the memory cards!

Crinkmeister

I use WhatsApp Web on Firefox. No problem at all.

takman

Why can't he just send the images through email? it would be alot easier.

Also if he thinks he can only send images through WhatsApp then it sounds like he has not backups of these important pictures. I would recommend he backs them up immediately!. I have seen so many people asking for help who have lost photos due to a phone breaking.

RumRat

takman wrote: »

Why can't he just send the images through email? it would be alot easier.

Also if he thinks he can only send images through WhatsApp then it sounds like he has not backups of these important pictures. I would recommend he backs them up immediately!. I have seen so many people asking for help who have lost photos due to a phone breaking.

Most phones now back up to the cloud automatically.

takman

RumRat wrote: »

Most phones now back up to the cloud automatically.

Newer iPhones do it automatically but most Android devices won't do it without any user input. So it's always best to check!

forgotmyname

My Galaxy S4 did out of the box, when powering on for the first when it asks for emails etc it set up dropbox at the same time.

A certain someone keeps telling me to install whatsapp, you canm send pictures for free, i have sent pictures for free ever since phones had some data allowance included.
Its called email.. As mentioned above email makes much more sense to me.

System

Because we have been in a similar situation, we tried Google Hangouts, Viber, Skype, Messenger and Facetime but because at the time, she was in the Middle East, Viber didn't work.

They are soon off to Cyprus and we intend using either Skype or Messenger. In my opinion, the sound and picture quality is better using Messenger.

I read somewhere that although Whatsapp is popular, it uses a lot of memory. Maybe it's right, maybe not.

Facetime is an iphone/ipad thing
Whatsapp isn't possible on ipads

I would suggest, you both install the same program, try it out, rate it then try another.

I too have vista on my laptop so use Windows
an ipad using ios
and now an smart phone using android

So I am having to adjust this very old brain to adapt to each system. As for messages, when they come through, it's like a peel of bells.