I want to share links on WhatsApp Web.
What I expected
When I click on a WhatsApp share button on Firefox (e.g. go to a youtube video → share → WhatsApp) it opens a screen with a button “Continue to Chat”. It detects that I don´t have an desktop app to open the link and it offers to go to WhatsApp Web. I click on the suggestion, and it takes me to WhatsApp Web correctly. I expected Chrome to behave the same way.
The Problem:
On Google Chrome (installed with Bazaar, version 138.0.7204.168), I tried doing the same. When I click on “Continue to Chat” it offers to open with xdg-open.
I tried the following:
- Clicking on “Cancel”. This just closes the dialog box.
- Opening the app with xdg-open and selecting Google Chrome. This opens a new Chrome window, empty.
But there was no way to get to WhatsApp Web. What am I doing wrong? Does someone know how to fix this issue?
System Info
Operating System: Bazzite 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.6-105.bazzite.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (27.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
Manufacturer: AZW
Product Name: SER8