Auto-connect request for whatly

whatly is an MIT-licensed WhatsApp Web desktop client (Qt WebEngine). Publisher: shakaran. I’d like to request auto-connect for the following interfaces so voice/video calls and attachments work out of the box:

  • audio-record — microphone, required for WhatsApp voice and video calls.
  • camera — required for video calls.
  • screen-inhibit-control — keep the screen from sleeping during a call.
  • removable-media — let users attach files stored on removable drives.

The app is a browser-based WhatsApp client, so microphone/camera access is core to its purpose (equivalent to WhatsApp Web in a browser). Without auto-connect, users have to run snap connect manually before their first call, which is a poor first-run experience. Thanks!

This request has not been added to the review queue. It should be placed in the appropriate store-requests subcategory using the subcategory template for classic-confinement, privileged-interfaces and aliases requests.