Don’t want a WhatsApp icon on your home screen? You can bookmark it instead.

You can now drag the icon wherever you like, including the shortcut dock at the bottom of the display.

If you want to move this icon, long press it until a menu pops up then tap Edit Home Screen.

This places a WhatApp icon on the home screen that looks just like a dedicated WhatsApp app

Next, choose a label to appear next to the shortcut, which you’re about to place on the iPad home screen.In the menu that pops-up, tap Add to Home Screen.Tap the button that looks like a box with an upward-pointing arrow just right of the Search bar, at the top of the screen.Open up the WhatsApp Web view in Safari on your iPad.If you close down Safari, you can simply navigate back to in future.

You’ll hear the familiar chime with incoming messages when you’ve got the website open, but you won’t be notified once you close your browser.So far we have got you a webpage showing your WhatsApp chats. The only real downside to using WhatsApp Web on an iPad is the lack of notification support while you’ll get notifications when using the service on a Mac or PC, Apple doesn’t currently allow websites to access push notifications via Safari on iPhone or iPad.

WhatsApp Web on your iPad will then refresh, displaying all your recent WhatsApp chats with friends and family.

If you’re on an Android, open WhatsApp, open the Chats screen, tap the three dots and select WhatsApp Web to scan the QR code. On your iPhone, open WhatsApp and head to Settings > WhatsApp Web and scan the QR code displayed on your iPad to pair the devices.Tap Load Desktop Site and wait for the page to refresh – you should now see the WhatsApp Web interface. This is done by tapping and holding the refresh button to the right of the site URL until you see a button appear.

If you’re running iOS 12 or earlier, you’ll need to get WhatsApp Web to display the desktop interface – the site will redirect you to the WhatsApp home page by default.If you’re running iOS 13, skip ahead to step 3. That means you’ll have to connect your WhatsApp-enabled iPhone to your iPad via Safari – it might sound complicated, but it’s a straightforward process that’ll take no longer than 30 seconds, and it’ll work if Rumoured to be working on multi-device support for the popular messaging service, the only way you can use WhatsApp on an iPad right now is via WhatsApp Web.

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