The wait is over, although it has been long (let's face it, too long) finally the most widespread mobile messaging service in our area has been updated to offer us all the improvements that Apple introduced months ago in iOS 9, including the long-awaited quick response . WhatsApp 2.12.8, which is the exact version that has just been launched and is now available in the App Store for you to download on your devices, It brings in addition to the quick response to messages from the notifications themselves, the compatibility with the new 3D Touch of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.
As we say the update allows you now reply to WhatsApp messages from the notification itself. You will no longer have to wait for WhatsApp to open and enter the corresponding chat. Now you just have to slide down the notification as soon as it reaches you, and a box like the one in the image will appear where you can write your answer and send it directly. The same works from the lock screen: slide the notification to the left and click on Reply, and without having to unlock the device you will be able to reply to the message that has been sent to you. At the moment we do not know for sure but from what our readers tell us this quick response function is only available with iOS 9.1 Beta 5, which, if confirmed, would be really strange.
This quick reply too allows you to answer from the Apple Watch. Although the update does not bring a native application for watchOS 2, the simple fact of being compatible with this feature already allows you that when you receive a notification on your Apple Watch you can use the predefined responses of iOS to respond to WhatsApp messages.
And finally the compatibility with 3D Touch that allows us to use the new function of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to be able to start a new chat or search for one of those that we already have started from the icon of our springboard, without having to previously open the application.
Has the design as in android? Because if it is the case I do not update it.
How excited I was to be able to use Peek & Pop on my new iPhone 6S. I was the only one who did not support this in the links
The quick answer is exclusive to the iphone 6s ?? Because I can't do it on an iphone 6.
The captures are from a 6 Plus, except for the 3D touch obviously
Thanks for clearing my doubt. Is there an option to activate the quick reply? I updated with ios 9 and it doesn't work for me.
I don't see any new menu in WhatsApp Settings
What iOS do you have installed?
The quick answer does not work for me iphone 5s, ios 9
jolin, it won't let me update…. It happens to someone else?
You are not the only one, many users complain that they cannot update, be patient.
Thank you Luis.
Apparently the quick answer works only with the new Iphone. From a 6 Plus, with updated WhatsApp it does not let me use the new function ...
I have an iPhone 6 Plus and I have the same problem. I have updated it and I still cannot respond from the notifications directly. The new Apple Watch feature is not working for me either. What's more, in the description of the update in the AppStore nothing comes from the quick response or the clock.
In the description it does not put it but they exist you can see it in the images of the article.
It does not allow me to respond from the Apple Watch, and I do not get the quick response on the iPhone 6 Plus either.
Will it be activated with iOS 9.1?
I don't think so ... I have 9.1, but I don't think it depends on that considering that it is not yet an official version
Taking into account that it is not detailed in the description of the update, it may be that it is a novelty for that version.
From what a WhatsApp beta tester on Twitter just said, it only works on iOS9.1. If so, it makes sense that they didn't include it within the update description.
I have an iPhone 6 with iOS 9.0.2 and it won't let me ...
He doesn't let me update either ... Could it be that with such a long-awaited update we are all in it and his server has fallen ???
I can't update, what do I do?
I have an iphone 6 update and if I get the quick answers
What do you have?
ios 9.1 beta 5
With an iphone 6 in version 9.0.2 I don't get the quick answer either
THIS UPDATE REGARDING INSTANT ANSWERS DOES NOT WORK FOR THE IPHONE 6. FAILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
WHAT THE HELL? DOES THIS ONLY USE FOR THE IPHONE 6S ??? TO TAKE FOR ... UPDATE ON AN IPHONE 6 AND NOTHING ...
I have the 6s and I just updated and the quick answer does not work for me
I think it is only for ios 9.1 because everyone with ios 9.0.2 does not appear, I have ios 9.1 beta 5 and if the quick answers appear
From what I'm reading it seems that WhatsApp has only put it for the Beta, it is already the height of nonsense
It doesn't let me update either, and not only that, it doesn't let me connect to the iTunes Store from either the mac or the iPhone. And I have tried it with two different accounts and nothing at all.
There are bugs with the App Store and with iTunes, confirmed by Apple itself
On iphon 5 it works perfectly, ios 9.1 beta 5
On my iPhone 6s + the quick answer does not appear either 🙁
iPhone 6s iOS 9.0.2, quick answers do not work ...
WhatsApp updates to quick responses and the AppStore falls? coincidence? .. No !! The end of the ages! haha
PS: if you read the comments this function is only for 9.1, so wait for the official one to come out.
It only works on iOS 9.1, obviously for the betas, since it has not yet come out.
it is clear that it is from iOS 9.1 onwards. To keep waiting
I had to completely close the app so that the quick response and the 3d touch option would appear
I already update WhatsApp and I have 8.4.1 but I will not update from ios for a few simple notifications I will wait for the jailbreak that I hope will not take long.
Quick replies only work with IOS 9.1 Beta 5.
The quick response in the WHATSAPP notification center only works in ios 9.1 Beta, in ios 9.02 and lower versions it does not work.
He did not let me update either, but within the hour I have succeeded. The quick response does not work for me either on an iphone 6 with ios 9.0.2
Any ideas or comments?
Why can't I get the update? In the app store I get the description of the new update but in the update section I do not get the app. I have version 2.12.7 when the act is supposed to be 2.12.8 ... What can happen? I have ios 9.1 beta 5
in the internal code of the betas appeared the quick response available from ios 9.1
Quick responses only work with IOS 9.1 betas. While waiting for the official version to come out, you will have to be patient.
The answer works for me from watch and the quick answer from ios9.2 beta5
The quick answer only works for iOS 9.1 beta 5
In the update of the AppStore .. I do not have a quick answer, therefore I do not know who invented it.
Nobody has invented it, you can see the screenshots of the article in which it is clearly seen what is said in it.
It is updated again to version 2.12.9
It is useless to have updated to iOS 9.1 because although if the quick response works it is necessary to activate the preview and thus everyone sees your messages on the locked screen.
It has been updated to 2.12.9. Do you know if you have the quick answer with this?
Excuse my ignorance but I see that everyone says Beta. But what is Beta?
Hello John:
Alpha version: trial version that only the developer uses and a few chosen ones from their environment.
Beta version: trial version that more people use, no longer just the developer's circle.
On iOS there is also a public beta, which is a normal beta version, but at a more advanced point.
Final version: everyone has access and it is the first officially stable version.
A greeting.