Meta final yr confirmed its plans to lastly launch an iPad-specific model of WhatsApp proper after launching a macOS app rebuilt from scratch. A beta model of the iPad app was launched in late September, however a yr later, WhatsApp for iPad continues to be a beta app.
Meta doesn’t have observe file on the subject of iPad apps. Amongst Fb, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, solely the primary one has an iPadOS app – however it’s been years for the reason that app final obtained vital updates. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri final yr urged that the iPad isn’t a precedence for the corporate.
On the similar time, the WhatsApp group appeared to be a bit extra dedicated to Apple platforms. The Electron model of the Desktop app has been discontinued in favor of a new app constructed particularly for the Mac, which runs higher particularly on Apple Silicon machines.
To present us extra hope, WhatsApp launched a beta model of an iPad app, which was a lot requested by WhatsApp customers. Whilst you can run the iPhone variations of Instagram and Threads on iPadOS, it’s merely unattainable to put in WhatsApp on the iPad. Just like the Mac app, customers can hyperlink their WhatsApp account on the iPad to entry all their conversations.
Sadly, a yr has handed and there are nonetheless no indicators that WhatsApp plans to launch the iPad model on the App Retailer any time quickly. 9to5Mac has gained entry to the beta model of WhatsApp for iPadOS, and though it has the identical options because the iPhone app, the iPad model continues to be fairly buggy and infrequently suffers from crashes.
It’s unclear at this level whether or not Meta is having a tough time fixing these bugs or whether or not the undertaking to launch the iPad model has been placed on maintain. However on condition that the corporate doesn’t appear to care concerning the iPad, the second state of affairs wouldn’t come as a shock.
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