- cross-posted to:
- linuxphones@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- linuxphones@lemmy.ml
Since https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1gdhy7u/experimental_flathub_release_of_newpipe_on_linux/ got a bit of traction yesterday, this is WhatsApp straight from Meta running on Linux desktop using android-translation-layer.
android-translation-layer (ATL) is a Wine-like approach to run Android applications on Linux. Rather than running an Android container like for example Waydroid does this instead implements the Android API. Note that right now it’s very much work in progress and almost no app will work yet, but the fact that they have apps like Newpipe and WhatsApp running already is very promising!
Join the Matrix chat at #android-translation-layer:matrix.org and follow along!
Very cool. I’ll stick with a WhatsApp Matrix bridge so I don’t have to install a Meta app, though.
slidge-whatsapp gateway for XMPP
Nice!
Do I need to run my own instance for this, or is it possible to do this without control over my instance?
I think you need to run the service yourself