If you use Meta’s popular chatting app WhatsApp, then this news can make your heart happy. While till now the use of this chatting app was limited to smartphones and PCs, now your smartwatch is also going to be useful for replying to chats and sending emojis.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a new announcement for WhatsApp users. For those users who use Google Android Watch, a new WhatsApp feature has been launched.
How will the new WhatsApp feature work?
Till now users used to get WhatsApp message alerts only when the smartwatch was connected to the phone. The message of WhatsApp flashes on the screen of the smartwatch, with the help of which the user gets information about the message even at a distance from the phone.
After the new app, users will not need to connect to the Android Watch phone. WhatsApp can be downloaded separately for the watch. WhatsApp on the smartwatch will work just like it does on the user’s phone. Along with getting the information of the message, users will also be able to type reply to the message with the help of the watch.
With the help of this new app, users will be able to send and receive text, quick reply, send emoji. Users will also be able to send voice messages through the smartwatch tied in the wrist.
Which users can use the new WhatsApp feature?
Meta has started rolling out the new app for WearOS. This app can be used with Wear OS 3 running smartwatch.
Google had also given information about the new app of WhatsApp for Wear OS in its annual event (I / O 2023). However, the new WhatsApp app is still on the beta testing stage.