WhatsApp had finally come with an update of Story concept like snapchat under the name Status few months ago. This feature earlier considered as a copy of Snapchat, and now has been finally accepted by the users of Whatsapp. It is undoubtedly a great platform for sharing your thoughts, images with only those who are close to your heart. However, users are not happy with WhatsApp for not introducing this feature in WhatsApp Web for PC. Finally, the WhatsApp Status feature has been added to WhatsApp Web but users are not satisfied with this yet. There are plenty of restrictions in the web feature as compared to the mobile versions. We have shared a complete step by step guide on How to Upload Status in Whatsapp Web below:
Why WhatsApp Status is not introduced in WhatsApp Web?
Here is the fact that Whatsapp web was earlier developed as a closed platform. The only access to a user in the platform was the one on the mobile phone. This is not good when there are a lot of reasons to share the Status on the web. For this reason, it is advisable to follow a few simple steps to use this feature on WhatsApp Web. We have listed out a step by step guide that will help you to use WhatsApp Status on your computer:
Step 1
First of all, a new web page should be created in your Google Chrome browser, that is, a webpage with a set of body text.
Step 2
Please make sure that you have a strong password for your WhatsApp account, as if you forget it then you will have to enter the account credentials.
Step 3
Please login to your WhatsApp account on your mobile phone.
How to Upload Status in Whatsapp Web?
- We have to first enable the camera on our Whatsapp Web. The camera is not visible yet on the browser.
- Go to Settings on WhatsApp Web.
- Select Web.
- Tap the camera icon and turn on camera.
- Provide access to the camera for the messaging service.
- Go to the Chat section.
- Copy and paste the URL of your friends to their address bar and open it.
- Provide the login details (Facebook account, Google account) as the group name.
- Click on Re-Share message and send it.
Once the message is sent, you can view your friends’ status updates in the WhatsApp Web. Just click on the Friends’ list and select their status update. You will be able to see the status update in the chat. You can like or dislike the statuses on the same screen.
Moreover, you can do the same for another contact.
What are the restrictions of uploading Status in Whatsapp Web?
The Status on WhatsApp Web is made available for a group of only 30 people, unlike the one on mobile where you can upload Status to all the users on the phone. There is a limit to the number of people who can see a Status on WhatsApp Web as compared to mobile.
As you can see above, WhatsApp does not allow user to add status for another group of user and only the users in a particular group can see it.
Many users are not able to comment on the Status because of this. It is also not possible to comment on a Status if someone shares it on his or her own profile.
Some WhatsApp users are also not allowed to link the Status with another user by default. You will have to open the WhatsApp Web’s Settings menu and open the Add member option for each member of a group and link their accounts.
Conclusion
Nevertheless, the company is working on this feature so that people get to use this cool feature on the web. Some useful ways are provided in this post to explore the Status feature in Whatsapp Web. Take a look on this video to learn the steps to have WhatsApp Status in WhatsApp Web without sharing your phone number or even deleting the app.
In the same way, there are some points you can take care before using the Status feature:
You should use a strong password for every Whatsapp Web account.
Never show any sensitive information on your Status.
Delete your previous status if the new one says that you are banned or if the phone number of the contact has been changed.
If you are concerned about security, never publish your contact information on your Status.
