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JioPhone, which runs on KaiOS has managed to bring WhatsApp to KaiOS[1]. That was the most requested feature on JioPhone 1, when it was released & people were
by Abishek_Muthian 8y ago
JioPhone, which runs on KaiOS has managed to bring WhatsApp to KaiOS[1].
That was the most requested feature on JioPhone 1, when it was released & people were ready to put more money into next cheapest android smartphone to have it. Now, WhatsApp is available on both JioPhone1 & JioPhone2.
Obviously it is packaged standalone version of WhatsApp web. WhatsApp team has been very successful in bring consistent performance of their apps on all platforms they support, so I assume it works well.
[1]:https://blog.whatsapp.com/10000649/WhatsApp-for-JioPhone-on-KaiOS https://blog.whatsapp.com/10000649/WhatsApp-for-JioPhone-on-...
Edit : typo
- fabrice_d 8y agoThe "regular" WhatsApp web needs the app to run on your Android or iOS device - it merely establishes a tunnel to get everything from the phone. The KaiOS version was built from scratch.
- Abishek_Muthian 8y agoI stand corrected. WhatsApp web does communicate with phone to perform regular activities. So the KaiOS version apart from sharing UI, might not have much common with the WhatsApp web. Then again, I wonder how much of the tech used for secure communication with the phone from WhatsApp web can be repurposed to make it a standalone application?