WhatsApp for iPad is Available to Download
WhatsApp for iPad has finally been released, bringing the popular messaging app to the Apple tablet in an official way for the first time ever. No more web-based WhatsApp chats are required, now with a dedicated iPad WhatsApp application, you can get an optimized and native experience directly on your device.
WhatsApp for iPad includes all the WhatsApp features you know and love, including all the standard messaging features, video calling, polling, custom backgrounds for chats, group chats, audio calls, and much more. Everything syncs with your other WhatsApp clients too, whether on iPhone, Mac, Android, too, Plus WhatsApp for iPad supports the array of iPad multitaskign capabilities, so you can use it either in full screen mode on its own, or as a windowed app in conjunction with other applications open on the same screen. And of course you’ll be using your regular WhatsApp account so all your chats will sync to your WhatsApp application on iPhone and Mac too.
WhatsApp for iPad works just like it does on the iPhone, only now designed to take advantage of the iPad’s larger screen and multitasking features. If this app doesn’t look amazing enough for me to launch it and send a message to someone I haven’t spoken to let alone via WhatsApp in a half decade, I don’t know what is.
Aside from the obvious beauty of a messaging app, the convenience factor here is significant, as there are many iPad users out there who also have an iPhone with WhatsApp, the wildly popular messenging service. Whether you’re using your iPad for work, school, travel, or just around the house, you no longer have to reach for your iPhone to respond to a WhatsApp message. Use the on-screen keyboard, or an external iPad keyboard like the Apple Magic Keyboard.
WhatsApp for iPad is available now as a free download from the App Store. If you use WhatsApp daily, adding the native app to your iPadOS setup is obvious, and it’s a welcome addition to the iPad, and now there’s no more need for using the web-based client workarounds that were in place for years.
Somehow I had missed this when it debuted, but one I learned that Instagram for iPad is out I stumbled into the WhatsApp for iPad release next, over at the WhatsApp blog, and don’t forget you can also use WhatsApp on Mac (and obviously iPhone) too.
