Meta Platforms Inc.\u2019s WhatsApp released an iPad-specific version of its popular messaging app, belatedly offering a larger-format experience to users with Apple Inc. tablets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The optimised app, available now, allows for a two-column layout and supports iPadOS multitasking features such as Split View. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like previous versions, it can handle video calls with as many as 32 participants.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meta already offers iPad-native apps for Facebook and Facebook Messenger. With the addition of WhatsApp, that leaves Instagram as the major iPad holdout among Meta\u2019s platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That app remains optimised for iPhones, requiring iPad users to either settle for the smaller-format phone version or load the site in a web browser for a full-screen experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WhatsApp has more than three billion monthly active users, Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said during the company\u2019s most recent earnings call last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not known what percentage of those users log in to the app from an iPad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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