WhatsApp: Rumors about iPad app on a flight

Meta and the iPad – an infinite story. While the social media giant regularly puts off on an Instagram version for Apple tablet users without anything tangible, there is a beta for iPados at WhatsApp. But that doesn’t mean that she would finally appear final. In the coming September the Via Test flight Available preliminary version available for two years without Meta institutions being made to publish a final version. There is no comment on this why this is so. Now, however, the coffee grounds are starting again: the official WhatsApp account on X causes excitement with a simple emoji.

WhatsApp and an X-emoji

On the note of a user, “you”, ie meta, should “complement whatsapp for the iPad”, the company replied with one Eye ideas. This is often translated in Chatter circles as “I look at it”. However, it is unclear whether this means or the WhatsApp team only trolls the customer. In the further dialogue of the thread, there is no reaction to inquiries. However, the WhatsApp profile had not put the eye emoji online as a reply, but as an own reaction posting-apparently you wanted it to be seen.

The test flight beta of WhatsApp for the iPad is an exclusive thing: the contingent of places was quickly occupied. The surface is intended to resemble the Mac variant of WhatsApp, as usual, you need to have an account on a cell phone to unlock the version on the other device beforehand. There is a synchronization between the platforms, although it doesn’t matter whether the main device is an iPhone or an Android cell phone. For comparison: between the Mac-Beta and Mac release from WhatsApp was one year. It remains unclear why the iPad version, which should actually be easier to implement, will soon take two years.

Ipad drama with Instagram

Meta is already pursuing a similar drama with Instagram, although there is not even a beta here. Management repeats every few years that an Apple tablet version of the image and video service could possibly be considered, but the details are always spongy.

Then it says again, the creation – which is actually very simple in Xcode – is not worth it. The iPad is by far the best -selling tablet in the world. So far, users have to use Instagram in the browser. It is already possible for 15 years.