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title: "Kaption for Mac and Windows"
description: "A desktop app that runs WhatsApp Web with every Kaption tool built in, plus several WhatsApp numbers in one app, call recording, dictation in any app, Telegram, App Lock and native notifications."
canonical: "https://kaptionai.com/desktop/"
lang: "en"
---

# Kaption for Mac and Windows

> A desktop app that runs WhatsApp Web with every Kaption tool built in, plus several WhatsApp numbers in one app, call recording, dictation in any app, Telegram, App Lock and native notifications.

Canonical: https://kaptionai.com/desktop/

## Downloads

- Mac (Apple silicon, M1 or newer; DMG): https://kaptionai.com/desktop/download/
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, x64 (early beta): https://kaptionai.com/desktop/download/windows/
- Windows on ARM (early beta): https://kaptionai.com/desktop/download/windows/arm64/

No Intel Mac or Linux version. Current version: 0.95.6 (November 2026), on Mac and Windows.

## Setup

1. Download and open the app (on a Mac, drag Kaption to Applications).
2. Open Kaption.
3. Link your WhatsApp numbers by scanning a QR code with WhatsApp on your phone, as with WhatsApp Web.

## Desktop-only features

- Several WhatsApp numbers in one app, each in its own isolated session.
- App Lock: Touch ID or a password on Mac, a password on Windows.
- Native notifications, including voice-note transcripts in the notification.
- Updates itself, on Mac and Windows.
- Dictation in any app on the computer: hold a key (or press it to start), talk, and Kaption types the text where the cursor is. You pick the shortcut and the microphone.
- Telegram: add Telegram accounts to the same window; they sit in the sidebar next to the WhatsApp numbers, each with its unread count.
- On a Mac with macOS 26, transcription and translation can run on the computer. When the computer can't transcribe a voice note's language, the app sends it to the cloud, unless cloud fallback is off or the plan has no cloud transcription; then it says the language can't be transcribed on this device.
- AI assistant connection: Local MCP and Cloud MCP switches in Settings; in 0.95 and later, the AI assistants window (Connections, Add an assistant for Claude or ChatGPT, Prompts). See https://kaptionai.com/mcp/

## Shared with the browser extension

Call recording with per-side transcripts (the app saves to Downloads; the extension keeps recordings in the browser, Chrome and Edge only), voice-note transcripts and summaries, transcript search, live translation, chat summaries, scheduled messages, reminders, snooze, export of contacts, groups and chats, privacy mode and themes. Feature availability depends on your plan.

Compare with WhatsApp Desktop, Volt and ChatMate Pro: https://kaptionai.com/desktop/compare/