Communication between people has been improving the experience due to technology, which is largely positive if used well. Part of the reason why we now use the mobile phone is due to the applications focused on sending messages, whether short or long, there is no limit to this.
Part of it is WhatsApp, one of the tools that currently has more than 2.000 million active users, an important figure for the company Meta, buyer of this app. With it you have several options to communicate, among them is text, not being the only one, also making use of the call or video call.
With this tutorial we will detail how to use WhatsApp Web from an Android tablet, with a use very similar to that of mobile phones, also requiring one that will act as a server. Many tablets accept a SIM, so if you want to use the same on that model you can do it just like on a smartphone.
An option on a larger screen
Tablets have been gaining a good position over the last few years thanks to the fact that through them you have a better vision of any content, all due to their great progress. The panels make it much more competitive, also having visibility when streaming, with services such as Netflix, Prime Video and more.
The same thing happens with apps, working with them will be done in a comfortable way, as far as WhatsApp is concerned, conversations will have a greater vision. When reading conversations, sending messages, watching photos or videos sent by the contacts in your calendar, which is sometimes infinite.
WhatsApp Web is a service that wins many points on the Android tablet, being a really important option, just as it happens if we want to use it on a mobile phone through the browser. When explaining how to use this, there will be several possibilities, since we will always need an application to navigate.
How to use WhatsApp Web on an Android tablet
The first thing is to prepare everything, being necessary to know that you must use a web browser, one of the recommended ones for its functions is Google Chrome. Thanks to the "Computer View" function we will see if we want everything as if it were a PC screen, in a large way and everything visible to the eyes of any user.
The charging of this will depend on whether the tablet has the SIM at that moment, if you use it for the data connection, leave it and configure the different parameters. The user will be the one who decides in the end whether to use the tablet via the phone or using the card that has a number assigned by your company.
To use WhatsApp Web on an Android tablet, Do the following:
- The first step is to have an Internet connection on the tablet and assigned a SIM, it is essential to be able to connect to WhatsApp Web
- Open the WhatsApp Web address (this link
), a page will load, you always have the possibility of passing the QR from the mobile phone to the tablet for the connection - In Google Chrome, go to the three dots and put "Computer version"
- If the QR code is shown, mark it with the phone's camera and wait for it to recognize it, you can do this with "Linked devices" and click on "Link a device"
- Once the camera is activated, look at the QR code on the tablet and it will connect automatically, opening the session that appears on your screen, it will be a copy of it
Using WhatsApp Web on the tablet
After having opened the session, WhatsApp Web has a very similar use that of a smartphone, with the virtual keyboard on the screen. The attractive thing is that you will see the conversations, photos, videos and documents, all of this in a staggered manner, if someone speaks to you they will appear first, appearing highlighted.
Start a conversation, click on the blank space and it will show you the keyboard, here you have the option to write all the text you want. Attaching an image is possible if you click on the small box in a gallery, also has the ability to broadcast an audio, to send to one of our contacts.
Just like the mobile version, each of the things are placed in this version, if you open the desktop version (Computer Version) you will see everything increasing. You also have a viewer to zoom in and out if you want with the Google Chrome browser, which is what will act as the native application in this case.
WhatsApp Web with virtual number
After having seen WhatsApp Web, another alternative is to use the service with a virtual number, are available using applications or pages. If you do not have an assigned number, you can get one, either for free or by paying a small cost for it, especially if you want a Spanish one and not one from outside.
What application is the best to get a virtual number? Currently there are several, although it is true that some stand out above others. With an eSIM number: Virtual Number we can have a second one to be used in the WhatsApp application, which is what we are looking for, in this case on a tablet.
To create one with “eSIM Number”, do the following in the app:
- Install and open the application, you can download it from below (the box)
- Once inside, go to the “Phone number” option, the application in this case offers a free number, at least from the United States, you can also pay a few euros for one forever, you need coins, they are obtainable in their use
- Go to “Social media numbers”, you are eligible for verification
- For example, select the monthly plan, it will notify you that you have an assigned and usable number for WhatsApp, Telegram and other apps
- It will give you the number and you can verify if you want it using the Meta application
- Confirm the number and that's it, add it in WhatsApp, and then be able to use it in WhatsApp Web