Your iPad will need to be running iOS 15.1 or later for the WhatsApp app to work, but considering we’re probably going to see the launch of iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 at WWDC 2025 in just a couple of weeks time, a decent number of iPads will support the app.

WhatsApp has been around for 15 years, and it's never had a standalone iPad app. So now that it's here, is it any good? We investigate. WhatsA

The messaging platform launched way back in 2009, but while it was available on iPhone from the end of that year, followed by Android in 2010, there hasn't been a version for those that wanted to use the service on iPad. Until now. Given the first iPad launched in 2010, that's rather a long time.