Slowly but surely Facebook continues to add details to its messaging app: WhatsApp. This time we have to talk about WhatsApp for Mac, which has been updated to work more efficiently on computers with Apple silicon chips and take full advantage of what Apple silicon has to offer us.
An update that Facebook has been working on since last summer and that, for now, is only in beta version. Even with it, We can download this version now to enjoy better performance and lower consumption. Something to keep in mind in an application that is usually left open, perhaps by work groups that are now legal, several hours a day.
Better late than never
Although Macs with Apple silicon appeared for developers in June 2020, and officially hit the market in November 2020, it wasn’t until summer 2022 that Facebook started working on it. Although the most critical of Zuckerberg’s platforms, They have been commenting on the delay for some time, the truth is that better late than never.
Over the last 7 months, Facebook has tested Apple Silicon support for WhatsApp for Mac at various stages of development. Until very recently, the beta to test the application was closedwith a limited number of participants through TestFlight, but now the situation has changed.
From this same link we can download whatsapp for mac with support for Apple silicon. Once done, we log in to the application as we normally would and we can start using it. An application that we have to notice much faster when leaving behind the version of Electron from Intel that the Mac system had to translate through Rosetta 2.
It is to be hoped that Facebook launches this new version of WhatsApp for Mac officially soon. The truth is that we do not have an official arrival date, but thanks to this beta, the wait will be shorter.
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