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WhatsApp Chief Confirms iPad App is a Possibility: 'We'd Love to Do It'

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There could be a WhatsApp app for iPad coming in the near future, according to WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart. In an interview with The Verge, Cathcart said that people have long been asking for an iPad app, and that the company would "love to do it."

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Though Cathcart did not commit to a release date for a WhatsApp iPad app, the Meta-owned company already has the underlying structure in place for creating one. "We did a lot of work on the technology for supporting multiple devices," he said. "Our web and our desktop apps now have that. If I have multi-device on, I can turn my phone off or lose my network connection and still get messages on my desktop. That would be really important for a tablet app, to be able to use the app even if your phone isn't on. So the underlying technology is there."

Right now, WhatsApp is available on the iPhone, the desktop, and the web, but an iPad-specific app has been left out. WhatsApp is testing multi-device support that allows the desktop and web versions of the app to be used without an iPhone, functionality that paves the way for the iPad app.

WhatsApp parent company Meta has made Facebook available on iPad, but WhatsApp and Meta's Instagram app have never had native iPad availability, despite many users asking for the feature.

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This was also my excuse when I didn’t do my homework when I was a kid.

“Homework? I’d love to that mom, I really would. I got my notebook and pen to do it, so the technology is definitely in place - we will see. No promises though!"
 
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Cristim74 said:
That's stupid. If you you'll use WhatsApp on the iPad it doesn't mean you'll stop using it on the phone.
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The numbers don’t add up. If they can track you across devices without needing an iPad app, why spend time and money on an iPad app? They don’t care about the user experience as long it works just enough to keep the data rolling in.

Anytime you want a company to change, starve them of revenue. That’s the only way they’ll care. If you keep using the iPhone app even without cross-platform apps, they still got what they need from you, your feelings and desires be damned.

Zuck can run his mouth about connecting people and have all the cutesy marketing and rebranding to make the company seem user friendly but they couldn’t care less about users, only data. If you see a company change it’s font (like FB did from an industrial font to that cutesy Meta one), they’re up to no good. They’re definitely playing mind games through marketing. Typefaces say a ton about a brand.
 
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Where do you get "could be ... coming in the near future" from "we'd love to do it"? (emphasis mine)

I'd love to win the lottery. Does that mean a lottery win is coming in the near future for me? Given the current publicly available information, me winning the lottery and WhatsApp for iPad coming out have about the same chance of happening.
 
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hagar said:
Zero reasons to use Messages. Just turn off your phone and go meet people.
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You're talking as if travel restrictions is not a thing in 2020's

Not everyone is willing to talk to a random stranger they chance encounter on the streets...

blazerunner said:
Why would you trust a Russian app?
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I am not Russian but why would you stereotype and generalize?
 
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HiVolt said:
LOL, what a dumb response. "We'd love to do it".

Why haven't you? It's like Apple with a calculator or weather app for the iPad.

FB wants you to only use these apps on phones, so they can track you wherever you are. an iPad doesn't afford such luxuries, because they're mostly used at home.
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If that's the case, then why is there a macOS app?

Probably more just the low numbers of iPad users compared to iPhone and Mac users. Low ROI.
 
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mariusignorello said:
The numbers don’t add up. If they can track you across devices without needing an iPad app, why spend time and money on an iPad app? They don’t care about the user experience as long it works just enough to keep the data rolling in.

Anytime you want a company to change, starve them of revenue. That’s the only way they’ll care. If you keep using the iPhone app even without cross-platform apps, they still got what they need from you, your feelings and desires be damned.

Zuck can run his mouth about connecting people and have all the cutesy marketing and rebranding to make the company seem user friendly but they couldn’t care less about users, only data. If you see a company change it’s font (like FB did from an industrial font to that cutesy Meta one), they’re up to no good. They’re definitely playing mind games through marketing. Typefaces say a ton about a brand.
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Then explain why there's a macOS app?
 
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TheYayAreaLiving ? said:
So he meant to say... We'd love to do it but won't do it anytime soon.

Makes no sense how WhatsApp is available on the iPhone, the desktop and the web. The tablet sales have been surging yet It's still not available yet. What is it that they are not seeing?
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Surging but still low. Not worth the ROI I'd say.
 
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