What is happening with the WhatsApp app for iPad?

WhatsApp for iPad has been in beta for more than a year and has not yet been officially launched

A year ago WhatsApp was launched for the iPad in beta phase and everything made us hope that its official launch for the Apple tablet would be very close. But A whole year has passed and WhatsApp for iPad is still in beta phaseeven though the app works quite well.

For reasons unknown to us, WhatsApp has not yet launched the app for the iPad in the App Store. An app that is still available only for iPhone and Mac. A WhatsApp app for Mac that you must update or it will stop working, by the way.

Why don’t we have a WhatsApp app for iPad yet?

We know very well that the relationship between Apple and Meta is not going through its best moment, and perhaps it is something that is influencing. Of the top four Meta apps, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp y Threadsonly the first has an app adapted for the iPad, but it is an app that has hardly improved for years.

We have been waiting for a WhatsApp app for the iPad for too long

The CEO of Instagram has insisted time and time again that there will not be an app for the iPad, and we don’t know much about Threads. The team of WhatsApp did seem to be a little more compromised with Apple platforms, but this delay in the iPad app makes us fear the worst.

WhatsApp for iPad can be a pretty interesting app that users can use when they are at home on a larger device or when they are working with the iPad, similar to how it can be used on a Mac. So The delay in the launch, after a year developing the app in beta phase, seems excessive taking into account the large number of users who could download it.

Therefore, We are not sure if the WhatsApp app for iPad will finally be launched or not. It seems that development is completely stalled, or perhaps you are having problems with development. But that’s kind of hard to believe considering that the iPhone app and the Mac app are quite similar.

Taking this into account, we can almost forget about a WhatsApp app for the Apple Watch. WhatsApp has been available for smartwatches with Wear OS for more than a year and we have not seen any signs of a possible launch for the Apple watch. And taking into account the success of the iPad app, it will probably never come to the Apple Watch. It is true that there are WhatsApp apps for Apple Watch, but it is not the same as an official app.

I sincerely believe that WhatsApp is missing a great opportunity. The app is becoming very popular in the United States and there the market shares of the iPad and the Apple Watch are enormous. So launching an official WhatsApp app for the iPad and Apple Watch would be a very good way to convince even more users.

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