At the time the service was limited to Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone users but now iPhone and iPad users can use WhatApp Web after the Facebook-owned messaging service updated its app.īack in January the company said that ' due to Apple platform limitations' iOS devices would not be supported, but that has all changed now and while all users won't get the update at the same time, it is gradually rolling out to iPhone and iPad users as part of WhatsApp's latest app update. In January, WhatsApp announced that it was launching a service to allow users send and receive messages through a web browser. This could include photos or videos, similar to how Snapchat works, where you would view it once and not see it again, so this could be very useful for someone who wants to send over confidential information.Ĭathcart also confirmed that multi-device support is coming to the beta version of WhatsApp within the next two months, so it’s not a far cry to see iPad support appear by the end of August 2021.IPhone and iPad users can now use WhatsApp Web after the latest app update WhatsApp While they can already disappear after a certain amount of time, there’s also the upcoming ability to view a message once, and then it will disappear. It looks as though the team are focusing on expanding the disappearing messages first. Cathcart later confirms that up to four of your devices will be able to use the same WhatsApp account at the same time, so it may be that your account won’t need your phone number to access the same chats. It seems as though multi-device support had to work in order for an iPad app to be viable, which is now a possibility. “We’d love to support WhatsApp on the iPad! Getting multi-device right will make it possible for us to build things like that.” In the interview, Will Cathcart confirmed that a native app was on its way, saying:

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