Overview
- The app is available now on the App Store and can auto‑install for users with simultaneous downloads enabled.
- Compatibility covers Apple Watch Series 4 or later running watchOS 10, with setup tied to the iPhone version of WhatsApp.
- Users can read and reply to messages, send voice notes, dictate text, use emojis, view images, and react to messages from the watch.
- WhatsApp says messages sent and received on the Apple Watch app are protected by the platform’s end‑to‑end encryption.
- Early tests highlight limits such as viewing but not sending stickers, some unsupported message types, disputed support for starting new chats or seeing all conversations, call handling limited to notifications, and an initial need for the iPhone to be nearby.