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How to use Whatsapp Video Call on Linux? (scontent.whatsapp.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How can I use Whatsapp video call on Linux?

I tried Whatsapp-for-Linux and Whatsie but they didn't work.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

Use Google Meet instead

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (19 children)

Step 1: Don't.

Video calling using Signal on Linux works perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This doesn't help when everyone else doesn't "Don't"

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

could Waydroid be used for this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You can't send your video, receiving video and sending/receiving audio work.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Waydroid has no camera passthrough. The only person willing to do that kinda vanished in Oct 2023.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Using an Android emulator like Waydroid or compatibility layer like Anbox you might be able to use the Android version on Linux and pick up calls from there?

I have good experiences with Waydroid, but no experience with WhatsApp so I can't guarantee it will work, it's just a suggestion that I hope will help

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Waydroid has no camera passthrough

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I've had really good experience with Genymotion android emulation on Linux, even on underpowered devices. Might work well to do video calls

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting

[+] [email protected] -8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

@sandayle Don't use WutzÄbb, Period

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

People who say this in response to a request for help should just be perma-banned. Just get rid of them flat out. It’s the sure sign that someone is a total buffoon and will only ever make the place worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think there's value in pushback against popular but problematic software. Some people just don't realize that, for example, WhatsApp is owned entirely by Meta and is known to collaborate with law enforcement, which are two facts that entirely undermine its main selling point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yes and if someone was looking for advice in general then it would be appropriate. Or if this were a security sub. Or, if you had a solution available and included a warning parenthetically as a courtesy.

But responding to a request for help with telling the person they should not do what they want to do is a tired old obnoxious cliché and nobody appreciates it. It’s universally hated.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago

Using WhatsApp is the only thing that makes this place worse.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the obligatory "lol just don't use $thing" response. Helps nobody, but I guess it lets you feel superior.

I hate Facebook as much as anyone, but in the real world people don't always have the luxury of getting to use whatever you consider morally correct. Especially with a messenger – depending on where you are, Whatsapp might just be what most people are using, and the people are the reason you would use a messenger in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, because he is using it for fun. You are totally right :)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate Whatsapp. I didn't use it for three years, but I have to use it for the last two years due to my work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

@sandayle I'm really sorry about that and you have my fullest condolences. Nobody should be forced to use non-free software

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can use jitsi both on mobile and desktop and it is platform agnostic, privacy respecting and FOSS. Just dont use whatsapp (video) at all.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Thank you, I like Jitsi but it is not always under my control. My supervisor sometimes calls me on Whatsapp and there is nothing I can do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

You could mirror your android phone using scrcpy but I never used it.

There is a Qt version for it on Linux

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tell your supervisor WhatsApp doesn't work on your computer and suggest any of the several dozen alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Good plan, and don't mention that you use Linux. Just leave it nebulous so they don't think they can "voluntell" you to install Windows instead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

My supervisor was an FOSS guy. He used Linux, Libreoffice everything but he still insisted on whatsapp for informal communication. I guess network effects is hard to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Video calls are not supported under Linux afaik, since they don't enable it for the web version.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if they're supported on Windows with Chrome..? Maybe this is a case of simply replacing the UA string?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You cant

There is no official whatsapp app for Linux and all of the apps on the store rely on whatsapp web

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