Overview
- The app is available to WhatsApp TestFlight users after installing iOS beta 25.32.10.71 and requires Apple Watch running watchOS 10 or later.
- A native watch interface shows the chat list on the wrist, including pinned and disappearing chats, with the option to start new messages.
- Users can read conversations, send quick replies, react with emojis, dictate texts, and record or send voice notes directly from Apple Watch.
- This initial release functions as a companion experience that relies on a connected iPhone rather than a standalone watchOS client.
- WhatsApp has not provided a public release timeline, and the watchOS companion follows its earlier Wear OS rollout that offered broader independence.