{"id":564888,"date":"2025-11-12T03:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564888\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T03:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:04:23","slug":"an-official-whatsapp-app-for-the-apple-watch-has-finally-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564888\/","title":{"rendered":"An official WhatsApp app for the Apple Watch has finally arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        The new app lets users browse chats and send voice messages\u2014a feature Wear OS users have had since 2023<\/p>\n<p>After years of waiting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareable.com\/apple\/best-apple-watch-the-models-you-should-upgrade-to-and-avoid-at-all-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Watch<\/a> users finally have access to an official WhatsApp app.<\/p>\n<p>The new integration is a massive upgrade over the previous experience, which limited users to replying only to incoming notifications. It finally brings Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareable.com\/smartwatches\/best-smartwatch-reviews-compared-8286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smartwatch<\/a> to feature parity with its competitors.<\/p>\n<p>The native watch app allows users to browse their chat list, read recent messages in a thread, and compose new messages directly from their wrist. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/whatsapp-apple-watch-820x461.jpg\" alt=\"whatsapp-apple-watch\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden wp-image-114134\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Users can reply using the QWERTY keyboard (on compatible models), emoji, dictation, or by sending voice messages\u2014a key feature that was previously impossible.<\/p>\n<p>\n        Advertisement    <\/p>\n<p>Late to the party<\/p>\n<p>While this is a huge step forward for iPhone owners, it\u2019s a feature that will be very familiar to Android users. <\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s Wear OS platform (used on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareable.com\/samsung\/samsung-galaxy-watch-8-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Galaxy Watch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareable.com\/smartwatches\/google-pixel-watch-4-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixel Watch)<\/a> has had a fully-featured, native WhatsApp app since mid-2023. <\/p>\n<p>This rollout sees Meta finally bringing its most popular watch app to the world\u2019s most popular smartwatch.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that this is still a companion app, not a standalone one. It requires your iPhone to be nearby and connected, as it mirrors its content. That also means personal messages and calls remain end-to-end encrypted.<\/p>\n<p>The new WhatsApp app is rolling out now and requires an Apple Watch Series 4 or newer running watchOS 10 or later. And if you need more integrations to help complement the new WhatsApp experience, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareable.com\/apple\/best-apple-watch-apps-832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Apple Watch apps that the Wareable team actually uses<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new app lets users browse chats and send voice messages\u2014a feature Wear OS users have had since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-564888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115534513557241351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}