Windows 11 has just got a 'major' upgrade, and you're probably going to hate it because it uses 1-2GB RAM all the time.

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Meta replaced the native WhatsApp Windows 11 app with a WebView2-based version that loads web.whatsapp.com in a container. The new version consumes 1-2GB RAM compared to the native app's 100-300MB, exhibits sluggish performance, and has notification issues. The change reverses years of investment in native development, moving from Electron to UWP and now back to a web wrapper. Users will eventually be forced to upgrade as Meta plans to phase out the native version.

Meta just killed native WhatsApp on Windows 11, now it opens WebView, uses 1GB RAM all the time

How bad is the new WhatsApp for Windows 11?

Can you avoid this new WhatsApp upgrade on Windows 11? Yes, but not for a very long time

Meta found a way to make WhatsApp feel like running Chrome inside Chrome. Truly groundbreaking.

even webview should not take 1GB RAM, soemething is off there.

my version comes from the windows store, it is indeed based on webview2 but it only takes 200mb ram, 200mb space and works top notch…

its better to use web version along with browser extension you get much more feature than the same web one bundled as native