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WhatsApp today provided its TestFlight users with a new Apple Watch app for testing purposes, which means a version of WhatsApp for the wrist could be coming soon.

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The app supports reading WhatsApp messages, sending replies, sending message reactions, sharing voice messages, and more, without the need to open the app on another device.

A connected iPhone with the WhatsApp app installed is required to use the Apple Watch app, and it is only available to beta testers at this time.

WhatsApp has not previously offered an Apple Watch app. There's no word on when a public launch might happen.

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Love-hate 🍏 relationship
22 weeks ago

What about an iPad app??
there already is one . merry christmas
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joiwomcow
22 weeks ago
Can we please call it Watchapp?
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TimAppleObamna
22 weeks ago
That would be so nice.

F*** meta and their practices but this app is basically a must in the EU.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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apparatchik
22 weeks ago
OMG, this is huge, SMS / Text / iMessages are not a thing in most of the world, so having the messages app in the watch was meaningless, Whatsapp, OTOH, would give the cellular Apple Watch just enough functionality to make it viable for going out and leaving the phone at home on occasions.

Hope they do release it, I would be switching back to a cellular Apple Watch if this is the case.
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Romf
22 weeks ago

Why? What's Europe's fascination with WhatsApp? I don't get it. RCS is now fully rolled out and multiplatform. People who know better should start new conversations in their default messages app so their family and friends start to realize that WhatsApp isn't necessary. Why would people want to run all their personal and business communications through META of all companies?
Does RCS messages go through data? Needed to text with someone abroad to avoid fees.
Does RCS has "last seen"/typing indicator?
Can I use RCS messages online (like whatsapp web?)
Can I create a RCS chat group quickly and add people with just a QR code?

There are plenty reasons why Europs uses whatsapp, but the main one (apart from the ones I listed) is that Whatsapp was widely adopted a long time ago, when it wasn't even Meta-owned (it was bought by Meta some years ago), and now it is just THE app used by most people, and you don't change that easily.
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Seanm87
22 weeks ago
Am I dreaming?
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