Android for whatsapp in the cloud?

Question

Android

For WhatsApp chatbot to work, the device must be always on and connected to the Internet. Is it possible to somehow place Android with WhatsApp in the cloud so that it is always online and does not depend on the device (phone, tablet). Perhaps there are some services for this?

Prompt, what services of a similar task you use except for the services providing "API".

Answer 1

There are emulators, and the APIs themselves offer similar alternative solutions. It doesn't always work perfectly, but in general it works.

Answer 2

You can run the emulator on vps, although this is a perversion, but there are ways to do it for free.
I advise you Google Cloud which gives $300 for free, that should be enough for these needs for a long time

Answer 3

Such tricks are good if you are making a knee-length craft for a small number of people. But WhatsApp does not sleep, and if hundreds of people write to the "bot", then this will not go unnoticed. Okay, if this is some kind of hack, but what if it's a real business?
At the same time, WhatsApp already provides a legal way. Yes, of course, not for free, but the money is not such that a business cannot pull it off.