WhatsApp Messenger
Messagingcom.whatsapp
WhatsApp from Meta is a FREE messaging and video calling app. It’s used by over 2B people in more than 180 countries. It’s simple, reliable, and private, so you can easily keep in touch with your friends and family. WhatsApp works across mobile and desktop even on slow connections, with no subscription fees*. Private messaging across the world Your personal messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to th
SailfishOS Compatibility
SailfishOS Compatibility
Android App
Works
Native App
WorksWeb Browser
No dataWorks fine
Limited functionality, under development.
Works perfectly.
Everything works. It seems however that the chat history cannot be transferred from an android or IOS device.
Works perfectly.
For notifications you need to enable MicroG, did not test it.
I could not restore my 820 MB or so backup. I had to interrupt it as it was going through, as it took more than 2h. All my chats appeared though, despite this. I have not encountered any issues so far.
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- Category
- Messaging
- Community Reports
- 9 reports
- Last Updated
- 2026-09-03
- Native app available: WhatsApp
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