Whatsnew

Whatsnew

by Pierre Parent

App

Whatsapp web with responsive design based on electron

About Whatsnew

[ Application intended to run on "24.04" stable. No guaranty on other versions of UT, including focal, daily or bleeding edge: it can crash or not work properly ]

This app aims to offer Whatsapp web inside a newer web engine, thanks to an electron application, and by injecting a js script to make the UI responsive. This is not an official Whatsapp client, but it is a clever way to display the official "Whatsapp web" client inside a Webview, to give an experience as close as possible to a native app.

Supports:

- Audio calls
- Sending and receiving text messages
- Notifications when keeping the app open in background
- Import / Export attachments via ContentHub
- Sending and receiving audio messages
- Open URL externally via URLdispatcher
- Whatsapp advanced features ( Reactions, pools, contact editing, contact sharing, events, community, and much more ... )

Tips and tricks:

- In order to get notifications, disable suspension for Whatsnew from UT Tweak tools ( https://open-store.io/app/ut-tweak-tool.sverzegnassi ). Then keep the application open in background, note that this may use a little more the battery than usual.

-You can adjust scaling of the app, by clicking on the gear icon on the top right-hand corner while Whatsapp is loading.

- Copy and paste natively only with other XWayland apps (Sigul UT, Min browser, uWolf,...) , to share clipboard with other apps use: https://open-store.io/app/xclip-swap.pparent

Current limitations:
- No access to the camera so no video calls possible.
- You can only upload files one by one.
- Whatsapp web does not allow to view One-time-only message, or security codes sent by message.

WARNING: if you allow the app to access the microphone, at the moment whatsapp can in theory access your microphone at any moment when the app is open, even when your phone is suspended and the screen is off. Though there is currently no sign of unauthorized access to the microphone coming for whatsapp outside of recording audio message, or calling. You can always revoke the microphone authorization within the system settings, and enable it only when you need to use it!

Recent Changes

V0.1.11:
-Re-calibrate Keyboard for 24.04-2.0
-Add information notice for notifications

Permissions

  • Push Notifications
  • Networking
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Webview
  • Microphone
  • Camera
  • Content Exchange
  • Content Exchange Source
  • Keep Display On

Community Built

This app has been released under the GNU GPL v3 license.It is developed in the open and you can review the source code.

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Info

  • Published Date

    Feb 11, 2026

  • Updated Date

    Jul 28, 2026

  • Current Version

    0.1.11

  • Total Downloads

    4,651

  • Latest Version Downloads

    688

  • Supported Architectures

    arm64

Links

Reviews

Genaro Eduardo Pantaleon Cortes

Reviewed Aug 11, 2026 for version 0.1.11

Un poco lenta, pero funciona

Perrete

Reviewed Aug 6, 2026 for version 0.1.11

Makes UT usable for so many people, great app. I wish it supported video calls!

Jason McGuiness

Reviewed Jul 28, 2026 for version 0.1.11

Just works! Major credit to the devil fir fixing a bug the same day!

Nirupam

Reviewed Jul 22, 2026 for version 0.1.10(older version)

good alternative

Sepp Eckmaier

Reviewed Jul 16, 2026 for version 0.1.9(older version)

Funktioniert sehr gut, nur wenn die App länger offen ist, muss ich sie neu starten.

pekelinux-x

Reviewed May 8, 2026 for version 0.1.7(older version)

Bastante funcional, gracias por añadir el bloqueo de la app, a mejorado, gracias 👍💚

Silent58

Reviewed May 4, 2026 for version 0.1.7(older version)

good job!

Lukas Th. Hey

Reviewed Apr 8, 2026 for version 0.1.6(older version)

Yay! Just minor issues when choosing emojis as reaction on messages, but that's it ❤

VoidedKN0X

Reviewed Mar 28, 2026 for version 0.1.6(older version)

Works great! I only miss the notifications

Linuxlite76

Reviewed Mar 12, 2026 for version 0.1.5(older version)

Looks promising. Thanks