Scroll down to and select Install unknown apps.Open Settings > Apps & notifications > Advanced > Special app access.

How to install WhatsApp on an Android tablet If you’re now thinking better of it, see our advice on If you decide to plough on ahead anyway, we’ll walk you through the process of sideloading WhatsApp on to a tablet and suggest some solutions for obtaining that second phone number.

If you intend to use WhatsApp only on your tablet and not on your smartphone then that last point is moot, but if what you actually want is to access your WhatsApp account on both phone and tablet then an infinitely better solution is to use WhatsApp Web.

To create a second account you need a second phone number, which most people won’t have, and then once set up your contacts won’t know through which account to contact you. But the main reason we wouldn’t recommend installing WhatsApp on your tablet is that you cannot use the same account as you do on your phone. So the process is not in itself difficult. You’ll have to allow your tablet the right to install apps from outside Google Play, and the app should then install exactly as it would on a phone. To install WhatsApp on a tablet, then, you simply need to source the WhatsApp APK file from the internet.

Whatsapp installation file