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While Facebook doesn’t have an official Apple Watch app, it is possible to browse Facebook on your wrist rather than reaching for your iPhone. And Apple made that even easier by integrating WebKit, the Safari web browser engine, into the Apple Watch operating system with the watchOS 5 update. Unfortunately, Apple didn’t actually include the app. Safari, so you will have to overcome a few hurdles to launch Facebook on your Apple Watch.
WatchOS 5 is not compatible with the original Apple Watch, however, it is compatible with the Apple Watch Series 1-4.
How to open Facebook on your Apple Watch (watchOS 5)
Although there is no Safari browser on your Apple Watch, the WebKit engine introduced in watchOS 5 allows a full web page to be opened when you tap a link in an email or text message. And while these web pages don’t have all the functionality of your iPhone or laptop, which means you won’t be able to watch YouTube videos, you can consume most other Facebook content. In fact, Facebook automatically formats the Apple Watch screen, so you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to read updates.
Why an email instead of an SMS? A text message sent to you will also do the job, but the great thing about an email message is the ability to report it. This will make it easier to find the email in the future when you want to browse Facebook on your Apple Watch. The marked messages appear as an additional mailbox under Gmail, Yahoo! and your other inboxes.
You can tag the email with the Facebook link by holding your finger on the Apple Watch screen while the message is on the screen. A menu will appear. Just press Flag and the email message will appear in the Flagged inbox for easy future reference.
This trick will work with most other websites as well, but advanced features like video streaming may not work, meaning there is no streaming from Netflix to your watch… yet.
How to use Facebook Messenger on Apple Watch
If your main concern is chatting with friends, you don’t need a workaround to use Facebook Messenger on your Apple Watch. You just need to download the Messenger app. If you already have Messenger on your iPhone, you should already have access to Facebook Messenger on your Apple Watch, but it can be configured not to show on your watch.
If you want to check if Messenger is already installed, press the My watch at the bottom of the screen and scroll down until you reach the “Installed on Apple Watch” section. If Messenger is listed, tap it to confirm View the app on Apple Watch Is on.
If you need to add the app to your Apple Watch, tap the Search button at the bottom of the screen and type “Messenger” in the search box.
Facebook’s Messenger app should be near the top. Press the Start or the button with the cloud to download the application to your watch.
Facebook launches new app on Apple Watch
“Kit” allows you to stay in touch with loved ones from your connected watch.
In these exceptional times, messaging or video conferencing applications are growing in popularity and Facebook has understood that. This is why, in addition to WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, the social network is launching a new app for the Apple Watch; Kit for Keep In Touch.
The new app was developed by the Facebook Experimental Team, which recently launched a special app for couples, Tuned.
Kit is a simplified version of Messenger that allows you to converse with some of your closest contacts, especially your best friends or family. Users can send written and voice messages, emojis, as well as their position from the app, to reassure those close to them.
In fact, to take advantage of it, you will have to download the “Kit” app from the Apple Watch App Store. You will then need to scan a QR code which will generate a code that will have to be sent to your contacts. They can then introduce it on the special Facebook page (Facebook.com/devices) to be able to converse with you from your connected watch. Note that it is imperative to have a Messenger account to use it.
At the moment, the app seems limited in Canada, but its deployment in the rest of the world should be soon. Containment is a “great” opportunity for Facebook and its team of developers to test the popularity of their concept.
Facebook Kit, the new Apple Watch chat application
Facebook is experimenting with a new messaging service on Apple Watch. In addition to Messenger, Kit facilitates the exchange of audio messages, Emojis or your location with your favorite contact.
Facebook takes advantage of confinement and social distancing again to test a new application that facilitates communication. This time it is an application on Apple Watch who uses the services of Facebook Messenger to keep a bond with your loved ones. Baptized Kit for “Keep in Touch”, it complements the Messenger application on WatchOS by offering to simplify exchanges with your favorite contact.
kit makes it easy to keep in touch from your watch. Everything you need to compose a message is right at your fingertips. No more struggling to navigate on a small screen to find the right option.
Kit, the messaging application to complement Facebook Messsenger
After scanning the QR Code displayed on the Apple Watch screen and selecting your preferred contact, Kit uses the services of Facebook Messenger to simply send voice messages, your location, an Emoji or use text-to-speech to listen to messages received. Although its functionality is relatively limited, the service is not completely devoid of interest in communicating quickly with your favorite contact.
Kit is an independent application or rather an extension of Facebook Messenger on iPhone. Published by NPE Team, the research and development division, the. service is being tested on select App Stores and only on Apple Watch. If the concept works, it will be extended to other countries and launched on the official Facebook account. The social network has also just launched Tuned, an experimental application dedicated to couples in which they share their moods in a private space.
Facebook Messenger now available on Apple Watch
Facebook has just updated its iOS application and brings several new features. The most important is an extension for the Apple Watch, but the iPhone and iPad have not been forgotten.
Apple was proud to announce the availability of 3,500 applications for the launch of its Watch but a few essentials were still missing, such as Facebook Messenger. Mark Zuckerberg’s messaging is one of the most popular with no less than 700 million users claimed in June, and his presence on all software platforms is probably not for nothing. All of them, including Android Wear and now WatchOS.
Your Facebook conversations on Apple Watch
The application had already been shown during the September keynote with WatchOS 2. Finally, the update arrived without but it is now available and allows, like its Android Wear counterpart, to receive new messages on the wrist and, above all, , answer them with stickers, likes or even audio recordings thanks to the microphone of the watch.
New with iOS 9 too!
Facebook Messenger for the Apple Watch is available through the latest iOS app update, stamped 38.0. Note in passing that this is not the only novelty brought by the latter, which also benefits from the arrival of iOS 9. Contacts and conversations can now be found from the iPhone search screen while the The application completes the list of applications compatible with Split View and Slide Over on iPad.
Who says iOS says iTunes. This is obviously where you will have to go for the update of Facebook Messenger if you have not yet installed it. To activate the Apple Watch extension, all you have to do is launch the dedicated application on iPhone >> My Watch >> Messenger and activate it.
