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How to install WhatsApp Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2

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Nowadays one of the main ways we have to communicate with our friends, family, coworkers etc, is the mobile phone. Thanks to these devices we can make calls and send messages, but we can also directly access our social networks , email or instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp .

There is no doubt that WhatsApp is one of the popular ways to communicate now, since through the app we can also exchange content such as photos and videos or files .

Although as we have said the Smartphone is the most common way to communicate through the network, the truth is that there are many people who are adding to the fashion of Smartwatchs. Thanks to these watches, we can access different mobile functions directly from our wrist. One of these options is the ability to view WhatsApp messages in the event that we have a Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2.

To know how to activate these notifications, you must follow the steps detailed below.

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Step 1


The first thing you should do is activate the app notifications on the phone. To do this you must first have it linked to the mobile.

Step 2


Once you have it linked, you must enter the Samsung App and select "Notifications"

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Step 3


First make sure the notifications tab is activated. The next thing you should do is search for an app among the recent ones and move the tab so that it is activated.

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Note

In the case that you see that WhatsApp does not appear, you must send a message to a contact to be shown in "Recently Sent".

Step 4


Now you will see that WhatsApp notifications appear on your watch. If you want to see the full message, click on "Read more".

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Step 5


To answer, you have several options.

Voice

Send a voice message to the contact that will become text

Text

Write a text message

Emoji

Send one of the emoji it offers

Default answer

Another option is to choose one of the default responses offered by the watch.

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In this way you can see all the WhatsApp notifications that arrive on your phone, without having to have it in front and answer those messages you want directly from the watch itself.


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If you have WhatsApp Web enabled on your PC (web.whatsapp.com), you won't receive notifications on your watch.  Close any WhatsApp Web browser tabs that are open and you'll begin receiving notifications on your watch.
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In order to use WhatsApp on Samsung Galaxy Watch, you have to follow these steps:

  1. Go to WhatsApp settings and make sure that pop-up notifications are active.
  2. Download Samsung Wearable to your phone from the Google Play Store. 

    Galaxy Wearable (Samsung Gear)

    Developer: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    Price: Free

  3. Run the app and head to settings / notifications to make sure WhatsApp notifications are active.
  4. Ask someone to send a test text, it should appear on the phone and then on the smart watch.
  5. To see the message, you must go to start and swipe left.
  6. Done, with this you can already read all messages and other compatible files.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch is a complete device that is already on sale in 42mm and 46mm sizes. Samsung spared no expense to stand up to other big names in the market like the  Apple Watch Series 4 and smartwatches with Wear OS. To know more information about the smartwatch do not hesitate to follow some of the links that we leave you below:


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If you have WhatsApp Web enabled on your PC (web.whatsapp.com), you won't receive notifications on your watch.  Close any WhatsApp Web browser tabs that are open and you'll begin receiving notifications on your watch.

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