WhatsApp finally hits the iPad, OnePlus swerves UK with its latest phone

Winner: WhatsApp comes to the iPad (finally)

This has been a very big week for both owners of Apple tablet and users of Meta’s messaging service WhatsApp. After years of waiting, there is finally (finally!) an official WhatsApp app for iPadOS. No longer will you need to use a faffy workaround to reply to your messages on the tablet, and that’s simply great news.

The app itself is pretty much as expected, and you log in the same way you do on a laptop or online. Open up the app, scan the QR code from the WhatsApp mobile app (which is already associated with your phone number), and you are set. All your chats will be visible, and you can reply and create new message chains.

There’s nothing revolutionary here, and to be completely honest, this should have already been a thing, but it’s still a welcome addition to iPadOS.

Loser: The OnePlus 13S won’t launch outside of Asia

OnePlus had several big announcements this week. One revolved around a new AI system (and an accompanying physical button) while the other for a new device. Sadly, it seems that the new device won’t be arriving in the UK or the US anytime soon.

Scheduled for release in India, the device in question is the OnePlus 13S, a variant of the flagship OnePlus 13 released earlier this year. While we’ll have to wait until June 5 for the full breakdown of details, the brand has confirmed it’ll be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, have smaller dimensions than the standard OnePlus 13 and pack a 32MP front camera.

The OnePlus 13S will also be the first phone to come with Plus Key, an evolution of Alert Slider that was once commonplace on OnePlus phones. The redesigned key can act as a way to quickly perform actions like opening up the camera – similar to Apple’s Action Button – but also it’ll be a quick way of getting into the new AI Plus Mind feature.

AI Plus Mind, which will come to the OnePlus 13 later but will debut on the 13S, is a bit like Essential Space on Nothing phones, acting as an area to save and recall important information. Our Mobile Editor Lewis Painter went deep into AI Mind Plus, and was very impressed.

Now, it’s not exactly like we’re short on interesting phones – the Galaxy S25 Edge is about to hit shelves, and we liked most things about that phone – but it’s still a shame when tempting devices have such limited launch areas.

OnePlus phones are typically great, and from the images OnePlus has shared of the 13S, this looks like it would be one of the few smaller, high-powered phones on the market.