WhatsApp for Windows criticized as RAM-hungry web wrapper; calls grow for native WinUI app
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Abhijith M B
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Summary
WhatsApp for Windows is criticized as a poorly performing web wrapper app that consumes excessive RAM (1.2GB) while idle. The article argues that Meta should develop a native WinUI app instead of relying on the slow WebView2-based approach, especially given Microsoft's commitment to WinUI and Meta's vast resources as a trillion-dollar company.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIf you're among the people who use WhatsApp as your primary messaging app, you'd know that the experience in Windows is beyond unusable.
It's not like they can't fix the awfully slow WhatsApp for Windows.
With Microsoft committed to WinUI, there's no excuse not to build a native app.
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