How can I use Whatsapp video call on Linux?
I tried Whatsapp-for-Linux and Whatsie but they didn't work.
You cant
There is no official whatsapp app for Linux and all of the apps on the store rely on whatsapp web
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2024
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not even with wine?🍷
Actually I never tried with Wine... It may be an alternative
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could Waydroid be used for this?
You can't send your video, receiving video and sending/receiving audio work.
Video calls are not supported under Linux afaik, since they don't enable it for the web version.
I wonder if they're supported on Windows with Chrome..? Maybe this is a case of simply replacing the UA string?
They don't support calling in any browsers. If I recall correctly they're using some kind of native library to encrypt and transcode the video, which the browser obviously can't use. You need to get the native app on Windows and macOS.
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I'm guessing all the people suggesting to ditch WhatsApp have never been to Brazil. Everything there is done with it, you can buy groceries, medicine, do banking, get services, take out, etc... Getting the whole country to change will never happen. So, yes, while some of us do install Signal, none will ever uninstall WhatsApp...
What if Meta collapses and goes into bankruptcy?
We're seeing the fallout from a commercial service used for public interest communication falling in real time with Twitter, so many public service things that depended or still depend on Twitter have outright broke as it turns into raw sewage and people flee it. That should have NEVER been the main communications medium, and now the price is being paid. I understand as i too am in a place where WhatsApp is near-mandatory, but this is something that WILL have bad consequences sooner or later.
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Pretty much the same in Mexico
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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
Waydroid has no camera passthrough
I've had really good experience with Genymotion android emulation on Linux, even on underpowered devices. Might work well to do video calls
Interesting
The web application, which is often repacked into "native" applications, doesn't support calling. Waydroid doesn't support audio/video in/output for WhatsApp according to various Github threads.
Your best bet may be to set up Android-x86 in a virtual machine and using USB forwarding to get video working. I'm not sure what you'd need to get sound working, though.
It's also possible that Google's development emulator can run this stuff, I recall it having a webcam forwarding feature at least, but I don't know about audio or if WhatsApp will work on there.
BlissOS is a continued version of Androidx86
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.
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.
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.
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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For me the web version just says "my browser is not supported" even tho am on firefox
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