2026-04-15 17:53 UTC
WhatsApp does not need play services. It may be necessary for cloud backups and stuff....but you can do local backups instead.. Play service is not a hard requirement.
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@umbrella@lemmy.ml 2026-04-15 18:25
i'm gonna try it again, but last time it refused to work without it and kept throwing errors. notifications didn't work either.