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Use WhatsApp without a smartphone?
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this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024
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I believe WhatsApp needs the mobile app to connect to WhatsApp's servers at least once every two weeks.
I think your best bet would be getting the cheapest phone you can find that will run a recent WhatsApp version, and then just leaving that at home connected to the internet. You could then use any WhatsApp web client (the website, some app, a matrix bridge, ...) to actually use WhatsApp on the go.