Below we teach you how to download WhatsApp on Huawei mobiles, something that has become quite complicated in recent times after the blocking from the United States government to Chinese brands such as Honor either Huawei to prevent their access to services Google. This situation means that the new terminals of these brands do not have access to Google Play and its app downloads, and that in the case of WhatsApp is further complicated by the dependency on the app (now in the hands of Facebook) with Google Drive for backup copies of messages, images, videos, voice memos, etc. For this reason, and thanks to our guide, we offer you the best solutions to download WhatsApp on your Huawei smartphone without resorting to root.
How to download WhatsApp on Huawei phones
Of course, first of all you will have to activate the option Installing applications from unknown sources found in Settings – Security to be able to install any app that does not come from AppGallery, Huawei's official app store.
Index of contents
- Download WhatsApp from the official website
- Download WhatsApp from App Gallery
- Download WhatsApp from APK Mirror
- Download Phone Clone for your backups
Download WhatsApp from the official website
The first and simplest option is to access to the WhatsApp official page and download the WhatsApp installation file; follow the following steps:
- Access the official website by WhatsApp.
- Click on the section Discharge from the top.
- Choose Android.
- Click on the green button download now.
Once the application is downloaded, the registration process will be the same as Android with Google services active; Yes, you will not be able to access Google Drive to make and restore backup copies, something that we will solve a little further down. If you leave it like this, the copies will be stored in the phone's internal memory.
Download WhatsApp from App Gallery
Another alternative is download WhatsApp from App Gallery, the alternative Google Play application store for Huawei and Honor mobiles; follow the following steps:
- Access the App Gallery application.
- Writes WhatsApp in the search engine.
- Click on the first option in the search results (WhatsApp – official app).
- Click on the button Obtain to go to the official WhatsApp website.
- Click now on the green button download now to download the WhatsApp app for Android.
- Follow the installation and login steps as if you were installing WhatsApp from Google Play.
Download WhatsApp from APK Mirror
The next way in which we can obtain the official WhatsApp app for Huawei and Honor mobile phones is through the Web page APK Mirror, a platform that offers thousands of official applications for download on Android phones; follow the following steps:
- Access the official website of APK Mirror.
- Perform the search for WhatsApp.
- Once the results are displayed, choose the WhatsApp version that you want to install.
- Follow the installation and login steps as if you were installing WhatsApp from Google Play.
Download Phone Clone for your backups
Whatever the WhatsApp download method chosen for your Honor or Huawei mobile, we recommend installing the app Phone Clone, an official app created by Huawei itself that allows transfer all data from one Android mobile to another, whatever the brand and model. This way you can transfer the entire Google suite to your Honor or Huawei mobile, including Google Drive.
Thus, you will have to install the app on both phones, the original one and the new Huawei. After installing the app, scan the QR code provided by the app from your new Huawei mobile. Now select the list of apps you want to transfer from the old mobile to the new Huawei.
If you want to keep the WhatsApp chat history, select all Google services, WhatsApp and Google Drive; Of course, since Huawei does not have Google tools, you will not be able to update apps that depend on Google.
