How can I Download WhatsApp to Android?

There are several ways to download WhatsApp to your Android device. When we have trouble with application stores, we are unable to download them. We also need alternative ways to download. There are 3 different secure ways to install WhatsApp messenger to your Android devices. There are step by step tutorials about how to download them below. We also recommend you to check our tips for each steps because there are some important things you need to do in your devices.

What are those 3 sources to download WhatsApp:

1. Play Store. The most secure way to install WhatsApp without additional settings. It is official application store of Android as you also know.
2. Official WhatsApp Website. Android downloads are also available on official website of WhatsApp unlike iOS.
3. APKMirror. A promising APK website that you can install WhatsApp. You can also download older versions.

How to Download WhatsApp from Play Store

1. Run Play Store.
2. Search for WhatsApp.
3. Tap install button for start download of WhatsApp.
4. Tap open button to run application on your Android device.

Minimum Requirements for WhatsApp on Play Store

– Android 2.3.3 or higher.
– Good internet connection.
– Storage requirements depends on your Android OS version use.

Can’t Download WhatsApp from Play Store, What Should I Do?

If you can’t download WhatsApp from Play Store, you can check the following sources to download the application. However you will need to make additional settings on your phone to get application from out of Play Store. If you want to use the older version of the application because of limits and bugs, you can also check our alternative solutions below.

When You Should Look for Alternatives

–  If you are getting errors while you are updating and downloading the application (Any error code, not available in your country error, installation error)
– Can’t register to the application.
– When you have trouble with verification.
– When you have too much bugs with the latest version.
– Feature that you love much doesn’t work with the current version.
– Your application crashes too much on your device.
– Certain features like messaging doesn’t work on your device.

If you are not having one of those problems with your application, we don’t recommend you to search for alternatives of Play Store. Otherwise you can check all download options below and learn how to download WhatsApp from those websites. If you have any alternative solution, please let us know!

How to Download WhatsApp from WhatsApp.com

1. Go to Settings > Security > Enable Unknown Sources
2. Go to download page of WhatsApp.com.
3. Tap on download now button to get the application.
4. Tap Install when you complete the download.
5. Touch open after installation finished.

WhatApp.com is official website of the application and you can also use it for download the app. This is reliable and good source to download the application. However you need to make additional settings before installing the app. We provided what you need to do at steps above.

Can’t Enable Unknown Sources

Every Android device have this feature inside. Unknown sources option is generally inside of the security settings. Please take a look at every options in security settings of your phone. For example in some Samsung Galaxy phones it is located like that below…

Apps > Settings > Biometrics and Security > Install unknown apps > Select an application allow installing application.

In the last step (select an application), you should select the app which you will download the app. If you will download it with Google Chrome, you need to allow that application.

If you couldn’t fix the problem, please tap/click on the support button at the bottom of the page. Ask us your questions free and get support from our staff immediately. Please don’t forget to add your Android version, WhatsApp version and phone brand to the questions and answers service.

Any Risk to Download from WhatsApp.com?

There is not any risk to download the application from WhatsApp.com. It is secure as same as Play Store. If you are question this since your phone is getting download as unknown source, it is because Android phones detect every platforms as unknown source except Play Store. There is nothing wrong with this. If you have privacy concerns about the download, you can ask your privacy consents directly to WhatsApp Support. They are quite responsive for privacy questions at the moment.

You can also contact WhatsApp for any other questions about the download.

How to Download WhatsApp with APKMirror

APK Mirror is our last recommended way to download WhatsApp to an Android device. You can click here to see steps to download the app. APKMirror is providing a good source for their users for WhatsApp and many other instant messengers. You can use this service free on the application.

Any Risk to Download from APKMirror?

APKMirror has been created by a webmaster who is not related with WhatsApp unlike our download recommendations above. Since the website is popular, we don’t think that you are going to have any issue with the website. We have tested a few applications from the website before and they were working very good. We didn’t also have any problem with those yet. The positive thing about the website that they are scanning all uploaded versions of the WhatsApp and other applications.

If you have any questions about security and privacy, we recommend you to ask your questions directly to APKMirror. They have quite active Twitter account. If you already have an account in Twitter, this will be the shortest way to contact them.