Meta’s WhatsApp Integration Revolutionizes Third-Party Apps
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Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp and Messenger, is making a groundbreaking change in its messaging services for European Union (EU) users. To comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, which enhances interoperability between platforms, Meta is integrating third-party chat services into its messaging apps.
This significant update allows users to receive messages from apps like iMessage, Telegram, Google Messages, and Signal within the same inbox as WhatsApp and Messenger or keep them separate. This offers increased flexibility and user control over the messaging experience.
Meta is rolling out notifications that will inform users when they can link chats from these supported apps. By introducing features such as reactions, direct replies, typing indicators, and read ...