Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a new app for Mac that uses Apple’s Mac Catalyst development environment to make better use of system resources.
Electron and Catalyst are software development tools that help developers build desktop applications. According to the report, the new app has been locked in beta for several months, but now anyone can download the file on macOS Big Sur or later from the WhatsApp website. .
Once installed, it will display a QR code that users can scan with their iPhone to link their account to the WhatsApp iOS app. The Mac app’s three-panel interface provides access to archived chats, starred messages, phone calls, and settings.
The report said that the Catalyst application includes features that are not available in the online version, such as dragging and dropping files and a spell checker. Meanwhile, WhatsApp has introduced some new shortcuts for group admins to perform actions for a group quickly and easily. Group Participant, on iOS.
According to WABetainfo, the new shortcuts simplify interaction with group members, as the platform now supports large groups of up to 1024 participants, and the new update helps group administrators quickly manage and communicate with large numbers of participants privately.