WhatsApp is one of the most popular and widely used social media messaging platforms and it has now officially become available for Wear OS smartwatches.
WhatsApp for Wear OS was previously teased at the Google I/O event this year and later a WhatsApp beta for introduced for Wear OS. Now, after a bit of waiting, the official stable build of WhatsApp for Wear OS 3 smartwatches has finally been made available.
When talking about WhatsApp for Wear OS smartwatches, you will get a wide variety of features. You’ll be able to initiate new conversations, quickly respond to messages, reply to messages with text, use emojis, send voice messages, and even take WhatsApp calls directly from your smartwatch. These are some of the features available with the first stable release and more features are expected to arrive with future updates.
Google releases WhatsApp for Wear OS
Since the Samsung Unpacked event is merely a few days away, it would be the event where Samsung will be unveiling its new Galaxy Watch series along with other products.
The WhatsApp release aligns with the timing of the event, so it would be interesting to see if there’s any connection or if the timing is just a coincidence.
Google has been actively expanding its wearable platform. A few months back, Google revealed that Spotify would be releasing new Tiles for its Wear OS app, potentially incorporating more diverse third-party app options. These options are coming to inject some added oomph into Google’s wearable platform. These developments signal a positive trend for Wear OS users as the ecosystem is expanding and more functionalities are becoming available on their smartphones.
