Let’s explain what can you do with WhatsApp from your Apple Watch, Apple’s smart watch. Facebook has not developed any official WhatsApp application for the clock and from which you can talk whenever you want with whoever you want, but you do have the possibility of making some interactions when you receive a notification.
We will divide the article into two parts. First we will explain how WhatsApp works on the mobile phone with the integration it currently has, and then we will explain What can you do and what are the limitations. You will also have screenshots so that you can see the options it gives you on the Apple Watch.
How WhatsApp works on Apple Watch
Apple users have been waiting for some time a native application that never comes for the Apple Watch, although other competing applications as Telegram They do have an installable app. What this means is that you will not be able to search between your contacts and open chats or continue talking to whoever you want whenever you want.
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Nevertheless, yes you will be able to respond to messages that come to you from WhatsApp from the Apple Watch, although this is not due to the merit of the Facebook application but of the Apple watch notification system itself. When you receive notification of a message, Apple Watch will offer you up to three different ways to write a response.
All you will need to make this work is to enter the Apple Watch application on your iPhone. Once in it, go to the section of Duplicate iPhone notices of:, and make sure WhatsApp is enabled. Of course, for all this you will also need to have WhatsApp installed on your mobile and you will have to be logged in to the application.
Then, when the notification of a message arrives, it will do so both on your mobile and on your watch. If you look at her on the clock, you will have an option to respond using several quick functions, with a series of predetermined quick responses and three options for entering text.
As they told us in Applesphere, There are third-party applications that allow you to have WhatsApp on Apple Watch, for example Whatschat. But in addition to being paid applications, by using them you will be allowing them to access your conversations, which can be a problem for your privacy. And although now they promise to respect you, you never know when they can change policies.
The best in messaging applications is usually trusted by official customers, unless they are open source applications and the entire process is transparent and can be reviewed by anyone. Thus, let’s focus on what can be done with the official application WhatsApp on the iPhone from the watch.
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How to use WhatsApp from Apple Watch
You can only use WhatsApp on the Apple Watch to reply to messages. Therefore, in order to use it you will have to wait for a notification to arrive, and click on the notification to read it and start the response process. This detail of the notification means that you will not be able to respond to people who are silenced, since their notifications will not arrive and you will not be able to interact with them.
When responding, you will have three different options to determine your own answer. You can dictate an answer with your voice by pressing the microphone, you will have a function of handwriting your answer letter by letter, or sending an emoticon that you choose as an answer. In addition, you will also have a list of quick answers In case you don’t have time to write a complete answer, and in this case you just have to click on the answer you want.
If you choose the option to dictate the answer, you will have to go talking to the clock to transcribe what you are saying. Here, you will have to be precise and not talk too fast. Also, it won’t matter if you pause, if you want a comma to be written you will have to say eat so that the clock writes it correctly. At the end of the dictation, you will only have to click on Send.
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If you choose the option to write the answer, a dotted area will appear on the watch screen on which you will have to go writing letter by letter what you want to say. As you do, there will be a predictive text field that will help you complete the words, and below you will have a space button. Here, depending on your letter, the clock may not always match the one you are writing.
And if you choose the option to send an emoticon, you will see a list of emojis from which you can choose by clicking on them. Here, you will have to apply the maximum that a picture is worth a thousand words.
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