WhatsApp on Amazon Fire 7?

Roger1

We use WhatsApp quite a lot on our Android mobiles.

My wife would like to use it on her Amazon Fire 7 tablet but there appears to be no relevant app compatible with Amazon.

Has anyone found a workaround, please?  Thanks.

flaneurs_lobster

Use the web interface in your browser https://web.whatsapp.com/ 

Roger1

gavinbaxter said:

Use the web interface in your browser https://web.whatsapp.com/ 

Many thanks. I tried that but without success.

I thought it better for my wife to have a separate identity, i.e. not linked to me.  The problem trying to download is it wants us to select from a dropdown box showing 3 of my redundant phones/tablets rather than her Fire.

I wonder if there is a problem trying to download an Android app to Amazon's not-quite-Android system?

flaneurs_lobster

Roger1 said:

I wonder if there is a problem trying to download an Android app to Amazon's not-quite-Android system?

There is, you can't (at least not without techie rooting and jailbreaking type hackery).

To set up a new WhatsApp account needs a new phone number, (usually) a mobile with an active sim. Create a new one on your wife's mobile then try the web interface again. 

Roger1

Many thanks, Gavin.  I will try this.