While we’ve had a WhatsApp app in Wear OS since 2023, Apple Watch users still don’t get it. These watches have been on the market for more than a decade, but They continue to depend on general notifications to read the messages they receive via WhatsApp. And yes, without being able to respond adequately, without seeing images or playing audio, a frustrating and limited experience.
Luckily, it looks like things are about to change, as a leak has made Meta’s intentions clear. WhatsApp is already testing its application for Apple Watchalthough it will be accompanying, not entirely independent.
Reply to messages with audio, access to your chat list, reactions and more
The team of WABetaInfo leaked what it would be the first images and data of the new WhatsApp app for Apple smartwatches. The application is still in development, but leakers have managed to perform some actions to advertise some of its features, including:
- Be able to receive and view multimedia messages (text, audio and images).
- Access your chat list from WhatsApp.
- Capacity for send messages without depending on a notification entrance.
- Compatibility for respond with audio notes from the clock.
- React to messages of your chats with emojis.
In practice, this is what you can do in the version of WhatsApp for Wear OS, although there is an important detail that we have already talked about. It turns out that the watchOS app will not be standalonebut a companion app that However, synchronization will depend on the connection of the watch to the mobile phone with the main WhatsApp app.
This can be annoying, given that there are different models and generations of Apple Watch compatible with LTE connectivity, so as not to depend on a smartphone. So, that a messaging application is limited in this sense, will certainly not please many.
Of course we will not deny that this is a very important first step. Connecting with WhatsApp using an Apple Watch is currently an absolute burden, but that’s about to change get closer to the experience lived with Telegram or iMessage.
When will the WhatsApp app for watchOS (Apple Watch) be released?
As revealed by WABetaInfo, the WhatsApp application for Apple Watch is part of the TestFlight of the Beta version of WhatsApp 25.32.10.71 for iOS. However, they support it It’s unclear whether it’s available to anyone Access this beta version from the App Store.
When will it be released? There is no estimated release date.not to mention any notifications from Meta. However, the fact that it is already available in a TestFlight is a good sign. It could be launched in the coming monthsalthough there is also a possibility that they will reject it and it won’t arrive for a long time (we doubt it).
