Windows 10: Whatsapp desktop - making a chat / call with no contacts

A friend uses Whatsapp from a phone. I'd like to use whatsapp from my desktop or phone to communicate with them.

I have installed whatsapp on my android phone and have connected the desktop. And am leaving the phone turned on, as directed.

I refused to permit Whatsapp to read my contacts, etc.. I'm not a big facebook fan and know that they share everything everywhere and sell it everywhere.

However, I cannot figure a way to make or even receive a call using whatsapp without using my contacts list.
Is this true or is there something I'm missing. On the desktop app I put in a phone number and it wants to search my contacts, which of course it does not have. After using "Create Group" same thing.

No way to make a call at all with whatsapp if you don't share your contacts with it?

if so, Whatsapp is completely broken for me.

And if so that's fine since I can use Skype or Discord just fine.

Thanks much,
wg

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whatsapp...google chat...or some other chat software??

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:20:44 +0000, ballou2a wrote:

You'd need to check with the app deveopers. As far as Whatsapp goes, IIRC

they need access to the contacts list on the device for their app to

function and I believe that there is currently no API for access to the

contacts list so I wouldn't expect that one for a while, if ever.



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whatsapp...google chat...or some other chat software??

When is the chat program whatsapp gonna be available? or another similar one where we can use it to chat with other smart phone users? or google chat??!!

 

WhatsApp does not read the contacts from the phone directory.

This might be an old issue that keeps coming back.

Whatsapp was not seeing updated or new contacts added to my Lumia phone's list (People - MS account); sometimes it would not even add a new contact when I got a msg/call from a new contact or it would keep suggesting saving the new contact; other times I
would only show the phone number, not the name added to the phone list.

I tried solutions suggested online but nothing worked. Some posts suggested to uninstall and then reinstall Whatsapp. I was afraid of losing my contact's history, so I didn't try it (but I was going to, next).

This is how I solved it:

- went to Phone's Settings > Privacy > Contacts (apps allowed to use the phone's contacts) and disabled Whatsapp

- restarted the phone and opened Whatsapp (all names were gone; only phone numbers identified my contacts)

- closed Whatsapp and went back to the previous settings and re-enabled Whatsapp

- reopened Whatsapp - all contacts are now the way they are supposed to be (as on People's contact list)

I hope this can help someone. Thanks!