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Groups are not (yet) supported by the proposed interoperability anyways... and don't hold your breath. It will likely take years for Meta and the EU in courts before they stop with their malicious compliance.
There are working WA bridges for XMPP and Matrix though if you are willing to selfhost.
But matrix one still needs me to make an WhatsApp acc and run the app on a device no ? I don't see much point then to go through that amount of work. Idk how XMPP does it, is it similar ?
Also interoperability between XMPP/Matrix and WB would be dope if it ever happens .
Both bridges require you to log into WA with the official app once every 4 weeks or so. You can put the app in a seperate profile and completely kill its process during this time or have an old device somewhere in a closet that you power on now and then. This is possible now since WA improved their multi-client support (maybe 1 year ago or so?).
That said, don't expect anything other than basic text chat to work via these bridges.
I have an old device in the closet and use the matrix bridge. The bridge bot kindly reminds me to turn on the phone every 12 days, but I think WA’s requirement is 15 days.
I do have to ask though: other than basic text chat, what else does WA offer these days?
For the record, I’m able to see videos, images and listen to audio. Haven’t received a poll yet. Is there anything more to it?
Mostly voice calls. People get really confused if it looks like you are using WhatsApp but they can't call you through it.
Ah. Good point. I don’t think I’ve received calls. I don’t know if they would work
group chats, reactions, sending files, voice messages, voice and video calls
I don’t know if calls work, but all the other stuff you mention does work.
wondering if you could do this in an Android VM
I did it. I was banned after a few hours.
Same. Did it in a Waydroid container on desktop. IIRC I created a WA business account using a rented landline number, which is the recommended way to get round the SIM requirement. But the account still quickly got banned. Not gonna waste any more time on it, for me Whatsapp is out.
Not impossible, but without a camera to scan the QR code it becomes quite annoying.
you can probably set the virtual camera to an image i think, i cant remember, it's been a while since I messed with Android Studio