WhatsApp for Ubuntu Phone?

There is currently (October 30th, 2013) no official Whatsapp client for Ubuntu One.

There were some non-official clients that were either web-based or simple to port but all that I knew have been discontinued. While the Whatsapp protocol looks easy to implement it changes too often, breaking non-official clients until the changes are reverse engineered.

I tried LoquiIM for Ubuntu Phone and it is working (with a few limitations in this first release): https://open.uappexplorer.com/app/com.ubuntu.loqui.im.loqui

I just installed whatsapp from the standard Software Download Feature on my Nexus 4 running Ubuntu-Touch. So yes, it works.

I too have been watching this space for an official release of WhatsApp on Ubuntu Touch, however there is currently not one. The last post that I read about this stated that there was not going to be one. This is a shame as this is one of the IM's that people have come to expect from their smartphones. Yes we have Telegram, which is moving along nice. However, what is the point in having that when the rest of your friends all use WhatsApp. The web versions are an option and one that I have used before. However, when the phone powers down, you have to scan the code again to log in. I suspect one answer is do not let your phone power down and you will always be able to use it. Hopefully, there will be an app out soon as like I say, this is one of them must have apps for most users. Users are not suddenly going to swap from WHatsApp to Telegram, WhatsApp is too embedded in smartphone users minds now.