WhatsApp Web
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Hi all!
I have been using WhatsApp Web on my UBports phone successfully for quite a while now. Since yesterday I cannot seem to access https://web.whatsapp.com/ anymore with the webbrowser app and am automatically redirected to https://www.whatsapp.com/. I assume that it is somehow automatically detecting that I am using a mobile device.
I would be very greatful if someone could point me to a workaround to be able to access https://web.whatsapp.com/ on the webbrowser app again...
Many thanks!
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Oh yes, ticking "Set Desktop mode" in Morph Browser did not do the trick. I am still being redirected to the mobile website. Isn't there some other way of forcing the desktop version?
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Out of interest, are others able to go to https://web.whatsapp.com/ with Morph without being redirected to https://www.whatsapp.com/ ?
Or is someone able to access the QR code?
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@maxx The whatsapp webapp stopped working for me too. Both in the webapp or accessing directly through morph, it asks me to install a newer version of Chrome. I guess the version that morph is showing is being seen as old by https://web.whatsapp.com/.
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Hmmm that is a shame... running WhatsApp via browser was a nice workaround to use this (annoyingly ubiquitous) messenger on UBports. There must be a way to get this to work again, though?
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Even with latest Chromium (71), it's telling me I need a newer version of Chrome (36+). I think WhatsApp just doesn't support the free browser any more, and it seems unlikely this will work again in Morph.
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Indeed this seems to be a generalized problem, not specific of UT and its current web browser (Morph). In this thread they suggest to change the user agent to chrome. I think we have to create a new webapp and play with the user agent:
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/123015/whatsapp-works-with-google-chrome-36
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I did some experiments. I created a new whatsapp webapp using the User Agent suggested by the thread I linked. With this webapp, the first time it is opened, it connects correctly the QR. After scanning it, it connects to my whatsapp server. But if I close and open again the webapp, the "update Chrome" screen comes up again.
