{"id":67529,"date":"2014-05-31T21:57:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T19:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=67529"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:39:49","slug":"whatsapp-windows-phone-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-windows-phone-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp for Windows Phone returns after disappearing for 2 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago, WhatsApp was <a title=\"WP Central\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apps\/2014\/05\/18\/whatsapp-pulls-windows-phone-app-due-technical-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suddenly pulled<\/a> from the Windows Store. Users were left wondering what prompted the removal of the app. Those who downloaded WhatsApp before it was pulled could still use it, but new users looking to download the app were out of luck.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Next Web<\/em> reached out to Facebook for comment and received this reply: \u201cDue to technical issues, we have chosen to un-publish WhatsApp Messenger on the Windows Phone platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, WhatsApp users on Windows Phone were reporting a myriad of issues prior to the app being pulled down. Notifications would take ten to thirty minutes to show up, making instant messaging impossible. The app languished for months without an update.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-67533\" title=\"WhatsApp Windows Phone combined\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/WhatsApp-Windows-Phone-combined-568x315.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Windows Phone combined\" width=\"568\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/WhatsApp-Windows-Phone-combined-568x315.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/WhatsApp-Windows-Phone-combined-256x142.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/WhatsApp-Windows-Phone-combined.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a joint effort between Microsoft and Facebook, WhatsApp for Windows Phone is now available to download once again. \u201cWhatsApp chose to unpublish their app from the Windows Phone Store after discovering an issue with how notifications are being handled on Windows Phone 8, Update 3,\u201d said a Microsoft spokesperson speaking with <em><a title=\"Mobile Syrup\" href=\"http:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2014\/05\/30\/whatsapp-for-windows-phone-was-pulled-due-to-notification-issues-no-return-eta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mobile Syrup<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The WhatsApp beta for Windows Phone receives regular updates so hopefully this means Microsoft and Facebook are taking development of the app seriously.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"WhatsApp for Windows Phone download\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-ca\/store\/app\/whatsapp\/218a0ebb-1585-4c7e-a9ec-054cf4569a79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download WhatsApp for Windows Phone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"WP Central\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wpcentral.com\/whatsapp-removed-windows-phone-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WP Central<\/a> | <a title=\"The Next Web\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apps\/2014\/05\/31\/whatsapp-returns-windows-phone-store-fixing-technical-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Next Web<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Lewis on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/beats-music-android-windows-phone-apple-beats-purchase\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beats Music for Android and Windows Phone will still work after Apple purchase<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-live-voice-translation-tool\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype demos live voice translations, coming to Windows 8 this year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/official-telegram-app-for-windows-phone-now-available-in-beta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Telegram App for Windows Phone now available in beta<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago, WhatsApp was suddenly pulled from the Windows Store. Users were left wondering what prompted the removal of the app. Those who downloaded WhatsApp before it was pulled could still use it, but new users looking to download the app were out of luck. The Next Web reached out to Facebook for comment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-windows-phone-returns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WhatsApp for Windows Phone returns after disappearing for 2 weeks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":67533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-67529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330674,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67529\/revisions\/330674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67529"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=67529"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=67529"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=67529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}