WhatsApp users can now enjoy an enhanced experience with the long-awaited release of a dedicated app for the Apple Watch. This new app, launched by Meta-owned WhatsApp, allows users to send messages and respond to chats directly from their wrists, eliminating the need to reach for their smartphones.
While WhatsApp notifications have been available on the Apple Watch for years, the functionality was limited, only showing message snippets. With the new app, users can now view complete messages, reply with emojis, and send voice memos, mimicking the experience on smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
The update introduces various features, including call notifications, the ability to read full messages, send voice messages, react with emojis, view clear images and stickers, and access more chat history on the watch screen. WhatsApp promises to continue enhancing the Apple Watch experience in the future while ensuring the privacy of personal messages with end-to-end encryption.
To access the new WhatsApp Apple Watch app, users will need an Apple Watch Series 4 or newer, running watchOS 10 or later. Although the app is not yet available, its release is expected in the coming days, as confirmed by Mirror Online.