WhatsApp has officially released its native iPad app, featuring support for multitasking, group calls with up to 32 participants, screen sharing, and full end-to-end encryption.

Default App for iPhone: iOS users can now make WhatsApp their default messaging and calling app. For this, you have to go to Settings and select WhatsApp in Default Apps.

In the iOS 18.2 update, Apple gave users a dedicated Default Apps tab, finally letting us pick our own default apps for messages and calls. Unfortunately, not many apps have been updated to take ...

The Phone app is available in ‌iPadOS 26‌ and macOS Tahoe, updates that developers can download today. Public betas are coming in July, and a launch will follow in September.

Apple first announced that it would let iPhone users in the European Union change their default phone and messaging apps, but it later said that everyone would be able to do the same in iOS 18.2.