How to setup and use WhatsApp on WearOS-powered smartwatches

Open Google PlayStore on your smartwatch

You can install WhatsApp on any smartwatch running on WearOS 3 or above (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

Search and select WhatsApp

WhatsApp is currently highlighted on the WearOS Google Play Store (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

Click install

Make sure your smartwatch has enough free storage to install WhatsApp (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

Once installed, open WhatsApp on your watch

This is how the UI on WhatsApp for WearOS looks before the setup process (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

Open WhatsApp on your phone and confirm that you are trying to link a new device

The pairing process has to be authenticated using your smartphone (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

You will now receive an eight-digit alpha-numeric code on your watch

Eight digit code will consist of alpha-numeric values (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

Enter the code on your phone

Enter the eight-digit code that you received on your smartwatch (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

If you have successfully liked your smartwatch, then the device should appear as Wear OS in the linked devices list

List of all the devices linked to your WhatsApp account (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

If you have a Wi-Fi-only smartwatch, you will receive all the WhatsApp messages when the watch is connected to a wireless network

You can send text, audio, pictures, videos, and even stickers using a WearOS-powered smartwatch (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar/The Indian Express)

Similarly, if you have a cellular mode, you will receive WhatsApp messages even without a Wi-Fi network