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# WHATSAPP NOW AVAILABLE ON WEAR OS
WhatsApp has launched an official app for Wear OS, allowing Android beta testers to send text and voice messages from their wrist. The functionality was added with version 2.23.10.10 of the beta Android app, which reportedly contains hints that the service might soon let Android users edit previously sent messages. The Wear OS app supports smartwatches including the Pixel Watch and Galaxy Watch 5.
# PREVIOUS OFFERING DISCONTINUED
The Meta-owned messaging service had previously offered a smartwatch app for Android Wear prior to its Wear OS rebrand, but was eventually discontinued due to lack of adoption. Since then, Wear OS users have only been able to respond to WhatsApp messages via their smartwatch notifications.
# A HANDY OPTION FOR QUICK MESSAGES
With the Wear OS app, users can browse recent chats, scroll through message histories, and reply using text or voice. Setting up the app involves entering an eight-digit code from the watch into WhatsApp on your phone, and messages accessed via a smartwatch should still be protected with end-to-end encryption. This new feature could come in handy for those moments where you need to fire off a quick message from your wrist.
# EDITING SENT MESSAGES MAY BECOME AVAILABLE
There are hints that WhatsApp may soon let users edit sent messages, allowing them to clear up any typos or other mistakes that may have slipped through. Similar hints have already appeared in the iOS app, and the feature is already available to a limited number of beta testers of the web app. If the web app is anything to go by, messages will be editable for around 15 minutes after sending.
Sources:
– https://9to5google.com/2023/05/08/whatsapp-wear-os-app-beta/
– https://wabetainfo.com/official-whatsapp-for-android-smartwatch-app-is-available-on-wear-os/
– https://wabetainfo.com/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-23-10-10-whats-new/
– https://www.androidpolice.com/whatsapps-wear-os-3-app-get-the-beta-right-now/
– https://wabetainfo.com/whatsapp-beta-for-ios-23-6-0-74-whats-new/
– https://wabetainfo.com/whatsapp-web-beta-gets-a-feature-that-allows-users-to-edit-messages/
