Source: The Verge
Summary
WhatsApp is updating its app to work with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, allowing users to access messaging, calling, and contact features directly from their car’s screen. The update will enable hands-free use of WhatsApp, including hearing and replying to messages, making calls, viewing call history, and accessing favorite contacts.
Our Reading
The launch follows a familiar script.
WhatsApp’s CarPlay and Android Auto integration brings a set of features that sound like they should have been there already. Users can now hear and reply to messages, make calls, view their call history, and access favorite contacts – all from the comfort of their car’s screen. Because what’s more innovative than accessing your messages while driving? WhatsApp is finally catching up to the “future” of in-car messaging. The update is just another example of how “new” features can feel like old news.
Author: Evan Null
