Since WhatsApp implemented the stories section, the vast majority of users have chosen to use the application to upload their day to day and share it with their added contacts. In this space, people can add photos or short videos, either recorded by themselves or shared by other means.
Many times, users see interesting stories and want to share them from their accounts. Along these lines, there is a method that will avoid awkward situations in which you have to be asking for someone else’s video.
The best thing is that to activate it, it doesn’t matter what operating system you use, because all you have to do is download WhatsApp Web and a Google extension. Here we leave you the steps.
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- After you’ve installed the extension, click the puzzle piece icon (Extensions), which is located in the top right corner of Google Chrome, next to your Gmail profile picture.
- All your Chrome extensions will be displayed, search for “WA Web Plus for WhatsApp” and press the three vertical dots on the right side.
- Now, tap on “Set”.
- In the upper right corner, the icon of a green cross enclosed in a circle will be enabled, this is the “WA Web Plus” shortcut
- The next step is to enter WhatsApp Web normally.
- When you have linked your account, click on the extension icon. Automatically, you will get a long list of functions, select the one that says “Enable status download button”.
- Start looking at the statuses of your friends, meanwhile, on the right you will have activated the “Download” tool, it is a symbol with an arrow pointing down.
- Finally, click on this option and automatically the video will be downloaded.