The company has confirmed that WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK is on the path to become open-source, but that there's lots of work to be done first before that can happen.

This native approach gave the app a performance edge over the web-based version. Now, Meta is returning to WebView2, the Edge framework that wraps apps around the Windows native browser component.

WhatsApp has discontinued its app for 1.4 billion users: See if you’re affected and what to do next Meta has replaced WhatsApp’s native Windows 11 app with a Chromium-based beta web wrapper ...

WhatsApp has reportedly replaced its native Windows app with a web-based version in the latest beta update. This means users will now see a user interface similar to WhatsApp Web, requiring ...

The WhatsApp App or Windows gets a new beta update where the brand has switched the framework from native Windows to Web version.