A latest announcement from Meta has revealed that WhatsApp
is officially rolling out to Wear OS smartwatches. The news of a potential
launch was first shared at the Google I/O event and on Facebook by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg back in May.
On their Wear OS smartwatch, users will be able to start new WhatsApp conversations, reply to messages, and take calls, all within the little screen on their smartwatch. Additionally, options to respond with voice messages, emoji, regular text, and quick replies will be available too. Particularly on the Wear OS 3 smartwatch, users will be able to respond to messages without even having their phone nearby.
This seems like a win-win situation for Meta and Samsung – the
former gets to expand its most popular global messaging platform to an
established wearable device, while the latter gets to appeal its device to WhatsApp
users.
