WhatsApp is formally obtainable on iPad, Meta introduced on Tuesday. The brand new iPad app lets you make video and audio calls with as much as 32 folks, share your display, and use each back and front cameras. Up till now, in case you needed to make use of WhatsApp in your iPad, you had to make use of the net model in a browser.

The corporate says customers will have the ability to make the most of iPadOS multitasking options, akin to Stage Supervisor, Break up View, and Slide Over. These options will enable customers to do issues like view a number of apps without delay, ship messages whereas shopping the net, or analysis choices for a gaggle journey whereas on a name collectively. On cellular, you would need to swap away from WhatsApp when doing these types of issues.

The brand new iPad app additionally works along with your Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil, WhatsApp says.

With this new app, customers will have the ability to preserve all the pieces in sync throughout their iPhone, Mac, and different gadgets. Private messages, calls, and media will nonetheless be protected with WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption.

The launch of the devoted iPad app doesn’t come as an entire shock, as Meta’s WhatsApp account on X (previously Twitter) teased the information yesterday with a subtle tweet.

It’s value noting that Instagram, considered one of Meta’s different apps, is reportedly working on an iPad app as effectively.

The devoted iPad app is now available to download on the App Retailer.