How are they similar and how are they different?

What would life be like in those days without access to messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. We have already compared them in their mobile versions, but both have interesting differences also in the web version. So, if you are one of those who use these applications on your computer, you will be interested in knowing about them.

By way of advance, we tell you that in broad strokes have many common limitations, apart from the fact that the ones they already have on mobile remain in the browser version. Below we show you the most outstanding and a summary of each of them in a complete table in which you can see everything more visually.

The essential is in the two web versions

All we have to do is find a messaging app in a web version where messages cannot be sent. But as rarer things have been seen, we confirm that it is possible. And not only SMS, but also voice messages, emojis, stickers, GIFs and images and videos. All this, in both applications.

That yes, in WhatsApp Web we can send photos taken with the webcam and in Telegram Web we cannot. It’s not that it’s going to be a widely used function on a computer, both for resolution and for convenience, but in the end it’s still a lack of Telegram on the desktop.

Also found in both versions with the possibility of send contacts in both web versions, as well as other notable elements of each with reference to the organization (archive chats, search by words, create groups, mute or block them).

Something that is also fundamental in these applications is be able to receive notifications. Well, in addition to receiving them on the mobile or smartwatch, you can also give us access to be informed of the web releases regardless of the browser we use and whether we are on Windows or macOS.

Some key differences in shipping and organization

Yes there is one significant difference in sending uncompressed files. By itself, sending files can be a difference between WhatsApp Mobile and WhatsApp Web, but if we compare it with WhatsApp’s counterpart, we find that in Meta, it is impossible to send files without compression, that these are photos or other documents. On Telegram Web, as is also the case on its mobile platform, it is allowed with a maximum of 2 GB.

Continuing through the content exchange, we find that none can send location. It is understood that the option of sending the real-time location is not offered as it is understood that a computer tends to be carried less than a mobile phone, but they do not even allow to send location at that time.

Although if there is one noticeable difference, is that of calls and video calls. These features have been rumored on WhatsApp Web for quite some time. However, reality shows us that today it is not possible in its web version and it is in the Telegram version.

Next, both versions lack an exclusive feature in their mobile versions. WhatsApp Web does not allow you to create broadcast messages otherwise in the iOS and Android app, while Telegram Web does not allow creating foldersthis being one of the most interesting recent features of its mobile version.

Another peculiarity of WhatsApp is the “States”. In its version for desktop browsers, you can see the states, but not create a new one, so in the end it’s one more query function. However, they allow us to interact with the states of our contacts.

They don’t shine in customization, but they do offer options

Besides what has already been mentioned before, both offer further possibilities for customization. Note first that in both cases dark mode can be used, so if your computer is configured like this, you don’t get the white flash when you enter. In the case of set wallpaper for each chat, rest for whatsapp websince Telegram does not offer this feature in this version for browsers.

If we talk about edit profile data like the photo or the name, on both platforms it is possible. Of course, WhatsApp Web does not allow you to change the phone number, while Telegram Web supports it, in addition to being able to change the username. The latter is also not in WhatsApp Web, but because it is not something that they have integrated even in the mobile version.

What they share one hundred percent are the privacy options how to decide who can see our profile picture, last logged in and more. Telegram Web maybe a point above being able to hide from being “online”, but because that’s something WhatsApp doesn’t have, although it will soon.

Telegram Web offers a bit more security

Both in WhatsApp and in Telegram we find the possibility of create security key. In the case of WhatsApp there are six numeric characters, while in Telegram different alphanumeric characters can be combined. Well WhatsApp Web does not ask for it, whereas Telegram Web Demands just enter.

In other sections we have identical privacy and security features. In the case of Telegram, there is more confusion, as has always happened. In WhatsApp, end-to-end encryption is maintained, which makes cats are completely privatedespite the fact that there is a way to “break” this encryption and WhatsApp itself could gain access to it.

Differences between WhatsApp Web and Telegram Web