WhatsApp - is daughter right?

outtatune

Undervalued said:

kimwp said:

The wider internet suggests that you can use an emulator on your laptop to pretend to be a smartphone for this.

Whilst that may be so, is it really likely to be a practical solution for a non smart phone owning "Grandad99" to reliably communicate with his granddaughter?

He's more likely to be 26 than 99

But yes, not a practical solution in any event. You'll either need to bite the bullet and get a smartphone, which will allow you to use the desktop version of WhatsApp (that's exactly how I use it) or persuade your daughter to use Teams or similar.

Grey_Critic

GTot me lost here but I have WhatsApp on both my ;aptop which never goes out of the house and on my mobile. I did not and do not do QR codes. My Granddaughter has just had a baby and they have set up a WhatsApp account sharing pictures around the family. 

Nice and simple for what we want 

Grumpy_chap

Voyager2002 said:

Flugelhorn said:

you do need a smartphone to be able to do this  - I find it very useful being able to have whatsapp on desktop and laptop as much easier than typing on phone 

each smartphone whatsapp account be used on 4 other devices so if you used her phone it would mean using her whatsapp account (not a good idea)

And what if the OP inserted his SIM into her smart handset?

I don't think that the Whatsapp requires a sim card.
I have used Whatsapp on a smartphone without sim card and WIFI only.