WhatsApp launches standalone smartwatch app for Put on OS

WhatsApp has lastly launched its standalone app for smartwatches working Google’s Put on OS, after a lot anticipation and months-long beta testing.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday introduced the launch of the WhatsApp app for Put on OS that may permit customers to start out new conversations, reply to messages, and take VoIP calls with out requiring them to have their related cellphone with them.

The app, which begins rolling out in the present day for customers worldwide, is suitable with smartwatches working Put on OS 3. It permits customers to ship and obtain textual content and voice messages in addition to emojis and fast replies instantly from their wrist.

At its developer-focused I/O convention in Might, Google introduced the discharge of WhatsApp’s Put on OS app. The app was initially launched as a beta model and was anticipated to be publicly accessible quickly after.

In the course of the I/O keynote, Google additionally unveiled new and improved Put on OS apps from third-party firms together with Spotify and Peloton and introduced updates to its personal apps, similar to Google Dwelling, Gmail and Calendar, to ship an up to date expertise to Put on OS-based smartwatches.

Not like Put on OS, Apple’s watchOS doesn’t presently have a standalone WhatsApp app. Which means customers on the Apple Watch get a restricted expertise, similar to no native choice to ship messages or make calls through WhatsApp via the smartwatch. Apple, nonetheless, does assist you to have a look at your incoming messages and reply to them through your Apple Watch’s display screen in case you have enabled acceptable notification settings out of your iPhone. Nonetheless, the Apple Watch has continued to dominate the general smartwatch marketplace for fairly a while.

Google is making efforts to tackle the Apple Watch’s domination by enhancing Put on OS, in addition to including new producers and bringing new apps and experiences to the platform. On the I/O keynote, the Android maker declared Put on OS because the fastest-growing smartwatch platform globally, with five-fold development recorded for the reason that launch of Put on OS 3 in 2021.