Last Updated on: 9th July 2023, 08:35 am
Now You Can Officially Use WhatsApp On Smartwatches
WhatsApp has officially released its app for Wear OS smartwatches, which means you can use the chat app on all Wear OS smartwatches.
While a beta version has been around for a few months, this is the mature, stable version.
Note that you can only run WhatsApp if your smartwatch is running Wear OS 3. The app allows users to start new conversations, reply to text messages, send voice messages, use emoji, and answer calls – all from their wrists. It also supports quick replies.
Unsurprisingly, when your Wear OS 3 smartwatch has its own cellular data connectivity, you can perform all of these functions without your phone being near or connected to the smartwatch.
It’s interesting to take a look at the release schedule of this app, exactly one week before Samsung’s big Unpacked event. During this event, the Korean phone maker is expected to unveil, among other things, new Wear OS smartwatches, namely the Galaxy Watch 6 series. Could it just be a coincidence?
Also, WhatsApp isn’t the only major app compatible with smartwatches. Google mentioned in May that Spotify would introduce new tiles for its Wear OS app later in the year.
These upcoming features are expected to further boost the space for third-party apps on Google’s wearable platform.
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