WhatsApp introduced on Tuesday that it’s launching an Apple Watch companion app. For the primary time, WhatsApp customers will have the ability to use their Apple Watch to get name notifications, learn full messages, and report and ship voice messages.
“This new expertise will assist you to keep on high of your chats while not having to drag out your iPhone,” WhatsApp wrote in a weblog submit. “Along with studying and responding to messages, for the primary time, WhatsApp on Apple Watch will now assist many requested options.”
Different supported options embody the power to react to messages and the choice to see extra of your chat historical past on display when studying messages. Moreover, you will note clearer photos and stickers.
The Meta-owned messaging app notes that, as all the time, your private messages and calls are protected with end-to-end encryption. WhatsApp additionally says that it plans to ship much more performance to Apple Watches sooner or later.
The brand new WhatsApp Apple Watch app requires an Apple Watch Collection 4 or later, working watchOS 10 or later.
Tuesday’s announcement doesn’t come as a complete shock, as WhatsApp was noticed testing the new Apple Watch app final week.
WhatsApp has been working to make it simpler for customers to entry its service past cellular and desktop. In Might, WhatsApp debuted its long-awaited iPad app, which lets you make video and audio calls with as much as 32 individuals, share your display, and use each entrance and rear cameras. Earlier than the launch of the app, in the event you needed to make use of WhatsApp in your iPad, you had to make use of the net model in a browser.
WhatsApp’s launch of an Apple Watch app comes just a few months after Snapchat rolled out one as effectively. The app permits customers to preview an incoming message and in addition reply utilizing the keyboard, Scribble, Dictation, or an emoji. Snapchat is concentrated on utilizing its watchOS app to allow customers to shortly reply to messages, to not view photos or movies.