WhatsApp without Android - a workaround

I just wanted to share my quick experience here.

  • The solution works indeed, set up of less than 3 minutes.

  • I tried with both Sailtrix and Hydrogene (they both have their advantages).

    • Pick Hydrogene if you want all the fancy stuff like message reaction. And less fancy stuff like seeing everyone’s names, avatars and searching for a chat.

    • Pick Sailtrix if you want the smoother UI.

  • For neither you can make/pick up calls, so don’t remove your whatsapp app. You do get the notification.

Tips:

  • You can only sign-in with SSO, don’t try the login/password login.

  • For sending voice messages, record yourself first with the audio recorder app, and then you can send it as an audio file. You can listen to the audios from the app itself.

Congrats to both devs, @thigg and @HengYeDev

And I’ll try during the week-end to set up my own bridge, so I control the bridge process and avoid the 5$ monthly fee (and then don’t care about the “non-encrypted” part).

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