{"id":134490,"date":"2019-04-10T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=134490"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:07:31","slug":"whatsapp-business-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-business-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp launches its new app for the iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp Business was a long time coming. We got our first glimpse of it back in the summer of 2017<\/a> and further images of the new app from WhatsApp<\/a> leaked onto the internet later that year. The beta version dropped<\/a> a little later the same year, just before Halloween, and the app finally received a wider roll-out in January last year<\/a>. At least it did\u00a0if you use WhatsApp on Android.<\/p>\n

For iOS users, WhatsApp Business was nowhere to be seen, and it has remained that way until now. Almost 16 months after it became available on Android, WhatsApp Business is now available for iOS<\/a> users, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

WhatsApp Business brings a number of commerce-focused features to iPhone<\/h2>\n

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According to WhatsApp, millions of businesses have started using WhatsApp Business<\/a> since it first launched on Android. The WhatsApp blog post<\/a> announcing the move to bring WhatsApp Business to iPhone users says that the team behind the app has received a lot of requests to give small business owners<\/strong> the chance use the app on their device of choice, rather than being forced to use it on Android. In answer to these requests, WhatsApp Business is now available for free on the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n

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As you may have guessed, WhatsApp Business isn\u2019t aimed at the individual user, but rather business owners. As WhatsApp Business levies a charge for its use<\/a>, it provides businesses a way to communicate with their customers while also offering WhatsApp a way to monetize its use. WhatsApp has long struggled to make money, and WhatsApp Business is one of the latest ways it is trying to do so.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp Business employs a number of enterprise-friendly features, to help businesses stay in touch with their clientele. These include<\/a>:<\/p>\n