How to Share Screen on WhatsApp

Aug. 22, 2023

As the world’s leading messaging app, WhatsApp constantly innovates with new features to enhance user experience. One such feature that the platform has improved upon is screen sharing. The app lets you share your phone or desktop screen during video calls, complete with audio. In this guide, we’ll explain how you can share your screen with others using WhatsApp on Android, iOS, and Desktop.

Warning:It is important to remember that once you start sharing your screen with the other person, everything on your screen, even your notifications, will be shared, and the other person can view them all. You can enable Do Not Disturb mode to avoid showing notifications on the screen.

Share Screen on WhatsApp on Android

Resembling the functionality found on platforms such as Google Meet and Zoom app, WhatsApp’s screen-sharing feature enables you to share your screen during a casual video call. This allows the other person to view your smartphone or desktop’s screen. Let’s look at how you can share your screen on the app:

Like Android, the process of sharing your screen with others during a WhatsApp video call is pretty straightforward on iOS. Here’s how you can share the screen on WhatsApp on an iPhone.

WhatsApp also offers desktop apps for Windows and Macs. Once you link your WhatsApp account with the desktop app, you can initiate a video call with your friends and begin screen sharing in just a few clicks. Here’s how it works.

NoteAt the time of our testing, the screen sharing feature isn’t available on WhatsApp Web as it does not support voice or video calling. However, it is working on the Windows and macOS version of the app.

To send the session, simply tap theStop sharing screenbutton and the screen sharing will get terminated. This option is the same for all platforms.

This is how you can screen share with audio on WhatsApp. It is commendable that they have made the process to start sharing your screen quite simple so that anyone can do it without fidgeting much with their phone. Though I had high hopes for this feature, thinking it might be able to give Apple’s SharePlay a run for its money, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

If you are unable to share the audio, then you might need to update the app to the latest version. What did you think about the screen-sharing feature on WhatsApp? Have you tried it out yet? Let us know in the comments below.

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