{"id":490885,"date":"2023-05-10T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=490885"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:32:37","slug":"whatsapp-testing-android-watch-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/490885-whatsapp-testing-android-watch-support.html","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp testing Android Watch support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is testing support for Android smartwatches, which will allow users to access their chats and messages on their Wear OS smartwatch, WABetaInfo <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/official-whatsapp-for-android-smartwatch-app-is-available-on-wear-os\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After updating to the latest WhatsApp Beta for Android, some users noticed that Wear OS smartwatches were listed under the &#8220;Linked Devices&#8221; section of the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Wear OS is an Android operating system designed for smartwatches. WhatsApp assured that chats would remain end-to-end encrypted when linking to a Wear OS watch.<\/p>\n<p>Attempting to link a Wear OS smartwatch to your WhatsApp account will display a prompt in the app asking users to confirm whether or not they want to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Once confirmed, your smartwatch will display an eight-digit code that must be entered on WhatsApp on your primary device.<\/p>\n<p>Users must update to the latest WhatsApp Beta for Android through the Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Making WhatsApp available on Wear OS is very significant as it expands the reach of the app beyond smartphones and tablets,&#8221; said WABetaInfo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the increasing popularity of smartwatches, introducing compatibility with Wear OS is a very good move as users will finally be able to use WhatsApp in a more convenient way on their smartwatches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WABetaInfo-smartwatch-linking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-490893\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WABetaInfo-smartwatch-linking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WABetaInfo-smartwatch-linking.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WABetaInfo-smartwatch-linking-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WABetaInfo-smartwatch-linking-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WABetaInfo-smartwatch-linking-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/489669-samsung-launches-r3-million-microled-tvs-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Samsung launches R3-million MicroLED TVs in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp Beta testers on Android spotted the ability to link a Wear OS smartwatch to their WhatsApp account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":467433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[397,167,47386,53165,2594],"class_list":["post-490885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-android","tag-google","tag-smartwatches","tag-wear-os","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490949,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490885\/revisions\/490949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}