The rumours about an iPad app from WhatsApp have been round for a very long time – even Meta boss Zuckerberg promised in 2021 that an iPad model of the favored messenger would come “… in two months”. These two months have changed into nearly three years however, final weekend, WhatsApp for iPad was launched for beta testing and you’ll lastly get WhatsApp on iPad.
Whatsapp on the iPad could be examined as a beta model
Halyna Kubiv
Downloaded by way of Check Flight, the app weighs simply 224 MB and is similar to the net or desktop model of WhatsApp. Similar to the desktop software, the app makes use of a a lot bigger iPad display screen and shows the newest chats within the chronological record in a further sidebar.
You possibly can place a WhatsApp widget on the house display screen, and there are presently three variants obtainable: with a quantity badge, and with two- or 4 current chats displayed. The developer is seemingly planning two extra widget variants with the message preview, however these are usually not but obtainable.
Your personal account is linked by scanning a QR code within the pill app together with your smartphone (as you may to entry WhatsApp Internet and entry your WhatsApp messages on one other gadget). After a short while, your individual chats synchronise and you need to use the app on the iPad as you’ll in your telephone.
The app makes impression and didn’t crash throughout our transient testing. Nonetheless, it’s tough to say when Meta will launch a remaining model of its common messenger for iPads within the App Retailer. The builders’ earlier statements weren’t dependable, however the beta model is an efficient signal that Meta will launch the iPad model within the App Retailer within the coming weeks.
WhatsApp on the iPad works on all gadgets that may run iOS 12 and newer, so the necessities are fairly low and even older gadget homeowners can profit from it.
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This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and tailored from German.