Wear OS 4 is available for the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5 with a custom OneUI Watch 5 skin on top. The update will include all the new features and capabilities of the latest iteration of the watch OS.

While the stable version is expected to go official by the end of the year, the beta version of WhatsApp for Wear OS is already listed on the Google Play Store. Users who have access to WhatsApp beta on the Play Store can download and experience it on their smartwatches.

Here’s how to install WhatsApp on a Wear OS smartwatch

• Go to the Google Play Store and search for WhatsApp
• You will see an option “available on more devices”
• If you have an eligible smartwatch paired with your phone, you should see the same
• Click on the “Install” button, which will automatically download and install WhatsApp on your smartwatch
• If your watch has an active internet connection, then it will continue to receive messages, and you can also respond to them directly from the watch

Note that you can also sideload WhatsApp on your Wear OS-powered smartwatch. However, to do so, you need to enable the developer options and then wirelessly transfer the app to the smartwatch.