We explain, step by step, how to install the WhatsApp application on your smart watch and how to configure it to use it without the need for a smartphone.

WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging platform in the world and despite the fact that it was initially designed to be used only on the smartphone, little by little It has been reaching other devices such as tablets or computers and it is even possible use it on two mobiles at the same time.

Well, now the messaging application owned by Meta has given the definitive step to conquer our dollssince whatsapp has finally released a native app for Wear OS smartwatches.

So that you can have the WhatsApp app operational as soon as possible on your smartwatch with Wear OS, then we are going to tell you how can you install it on your smart watch and what do you have to do to link your WhatsApp account with said app.

How to install WhatsApp on your smartwatch with Wear OS 3

The first thing you should know before installing the WhatsApp app on your watch is that you must have a smartwatch updated to Wear OS 3 As the google pixel clock or the Samsung Galaxy Watch4 and galaxy watch 5 and to be registered in the WhatsApp Beta program for Android.

If you meet these two requirements, you can install the official WhatsApp app on your smartwatch with Wear OS 3 in a really simple way, since you simply have to access the Google Play Store from the watchlocate the WhatsApp application using your browser and click on the button install.

If, for whatever reason, the WhatsApp app still does not appear in the Play Store of your smart watch, we will reveal it to you an alternative method to install it in the same.

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Thus, to manually install WhatsApp on your Android smartwatch, the first thing you have to do is install the Wear Installer app on your smartphone from the direct link that we leave you on these lines, download the Beta version of the WhatsApp app for Wear OS in APK format from this link and verify that your mobile and your watch are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

Once this is done, the next step is to enter the Settings of your watch, access the section connectionstouch section WifiClick on the network you are connected to and copy the IP address of your smartwatch, as you will need it later.

Then return to the menu Settings of the clock, tap on the section About the watch which is at the bottom, click on the button software information and click repeatedly on the option software version until it appears to you a message telling you that developer mode is activated.

Go back to the menu Settings of your smartwatch, enter the section developer options and enable the options adb debugging, Debug with Wi-Fi and wireless debugging.

Then, go to your mobile, open the Wear Installer app, enter the IP address of your watch that you previously noted at the bottom of the app and tap on the button Made. Once inside the application installation menu, click on the tab custom apkselect the WhatsApp APK file that you downloaded before, click on the button Install and wait for it to appear an on-screen message indicating that the APK file has been installed on the watch.

Finally, go back to the Developer Options on your smartwatch and disable the three options you have previously activatedsince, if you do not, your smartwatch will drain its battery much faster.

How to link your WhatsApp account to your smartwatch to be able to use it without your mobile

Once you have installed the WhatsApp application on your smart watch with Wear OS, the next step is link your messaging client account with said appfor which you will have to follow a few simple steps:

• Open the WhatsApp application on your smartwatch and it will appear a verification code on the screen
• Go to the WhatsApp app on the mobile and in the link confirmation window tap on the button Confirm
• Enter the verification code that appears on the watch screen and you will see that your Wear OS already appears in the paired devices window

Once these actions have been carried out, you will be able to use the WhatsApp application directly from the watch without having to have your smartphone nearby, being able to send both text and voice messages using the smartwatch keyboard and voice typing.

Of course, you should keep in mind that from the WhatsApp app on the watch you will not be able to create new chatsonly reply to conversations that you are already in and that its use will increase the consumption of the battery and, therefore, will reduce the autonomy of the same.