Partly without iPhone. Works alone, but some features need the iPhone.FreeiPhone and WatchCommunicationListed by editors
Screenshots from WhatsApp Inc.'s App Store listing.
What you can do from the wrist
- Scroll back through a chat's recent messages
- Record and send a voice note
- React to a message with an emoji
- See photos and stickers in a conversation
About
WhatsApp on the Watch shows whole conversations rather than a single notification line, so you can catch up on a group chat from the wrist. You can answer with a recorded voice note or react with an emoji, and photos and stickers show in the thread. It suits anyone who lives in WhatsApp and wants to keep the phone in a pocket more often.
On the Watch, in short
Does WhatsApp work without an iPhone?
Partly. Some features work on the Watch alone; others need the iPhone nearby.
Does WhatsApp have Apple Watch complications?
Not that we list. It works as an app you open on the Watch.
