Popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp's desktop version will come very soon. Recently, founder of WhatsApp's rival messaging app Telegram told TechCrunch that WhatsApp tried to poach one of its web developers, giving rise to speculations that WhatsApp could be working on a messaging client for the web.
Pavel Durov told technology website TechCrunch that he thought WhatsApp was working on a web version "since they tried to hire our web dev." So probably WhatsApp is ready to compete with their rivals on the world of web also.
On the other hand, Netherlands-based AndroidWorld.nl reports, WhatsApp could be working on a web client for its phone-based messaging platform. The suggestion is supported by a string of code discovered in version 2.11.471 of the app with mentions of "WhatsApp Web" and computers logging in and out of the client. The code also shows the latest tracking activity in web sessions
AndroidWorld.nl reporters found more news into their investigation. AndroidWorld.nl reports (translated) , "We still were curious about what the site was going to be and we have assumed some further research....The first guess was an instant hit; the website https://web.whatsapp.com appeared to exist but is protected and can only be signed by a Google account."
The interesting thing is, WhatsApp's web version might not use Facebook for login utility. Instead, AndroidWorld.nl reports that the web client will likely use a technique similar to what Telegram uses to verify the user's identity. Some days ago Facebook purchased the app for $19 billion.
But, no one could predict when users can get the web version of WhatsApp as AndroidWorld.nl says the evidence is "very limited."
WhatsApp may have 600 million users, but when it comes to the web, the messaging app is a little behind its competitors such as Telegram, Viber, Line and WeChat. However, this may change soon, when the desktop version released.
