The WhatsApp application is increasingly powerful on the iPhone. A couple of months ago the option of change the subject From our app, being able to modify and customize the color of the chats, completely revitalizing the aesthetics of the service and, a few days ago, a mysterious blue circle that has to do with Goal AIthe artificial intelligence of the company.
Well, WhatsApp follows its excellent evolution and now has just taken a giant step in its integration with the Apple ecosystem.
WhatsApp can be your call app
For the first time in the history of the iPhone, users will be able to establish the popular messaging application as their predetermined app to make calls and send messages of text. This novelty, which is now available in the Beta version of WhatsApp for iOS, completely changes the app.
Since the arrival of iOS 18.2, Apple allowed developers to access new APIs so that their applications could replace the Native calls and messages. Now, WhatsApp has become one of the first platforms to take advantage of this opportunity, offering users the possibility of dispensing with Apple predetermined tools and managing all its communications from a single application. This is especially relevant in regions such as Europe, Asia and Latin America, where WhatsApp dominates the panorama of instant messaging and calls online.
Acting this function is relatively simple. Once the Beta version of WhatsApp 25.8.10.74 On the iPhone, users can go to settings, enter the app section and select the default application option. From there, it is possible to choose WhatsApp as the main application for calls and messages. From that moment on, any attempt to make a call or send an SMS will automatically redirect to WhatsApp instead of using the native apps of the system.
Although this novelty still It is not available in the public version of WhatsApp, it is a matter of time to reach all iPhone users. Meta, the company that owns WhatsApp, has been working on improving the experience of calls and messages on its platform. In recent months, it has introduced improvements in the quality of video calls, new visual effects and greater stability in connections.
Apple ends the conflict with Europe
However, not everyone will see this novelty with the same eyes. In the United States, where SMS and Imessage are still more popular than WhatsApp, the option to replace messages with the finishing app may not generate a great impact.
Apple, meanwhile, has had to make its ecosystem more flexible in the face of growing regulatory pressure in Europe. The new regulations of the Digital Markets Law They have forced the company to allow more customization and competition options within their operating system. The possibility of changing predetermined apps for calls and messages is just one of the many modifications that Apple has had to implement to avoid sanctions.
While this update is still in the test phase, its arrival in the stable version of WhatsApp seems imminent. For users who depend on this application for most of their interactions, to be able to make calls and send messages without resorting to Apple tools is a vital improvement. The great unknown now is whether other messaging applications, such as Telegramthey will follow the same path or not.
