BUG: WhatsApp Web support is gone in 2.5.1525.40 (Stable channel) (32-bit)

peteln

This is the first thing I've got in this morning's update.

Edit by ruario

For issues with websites (like WhatsApp) blocking based on User Agent. You can often work around the issue like so

lamarca

@peteln Hello there,

It's a known issue. More details can be found here

peteln

Many thanks.

lamarca

@peteln You are welcome.

Gaëlle

Sorry for the trouble, the team is looking into this issue. In the meantime please try this workaround that we share here: https://help.vivaldi.com/article/user-agent-spoofing/
It won't work on the web panel unfortunately. Thank you for being patient with us. Also this topic is being discussed in so many topics that I'm closing this one and we'll update you once the fix is out here: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/37195/vivaldi-2-5-breaks-whatsapp-web