Meta updates WhatsApp and Messenger third-party chats in Europe

WhatsApp and Messenger in Europe are getting an improve.

So as to adjust to Europe’s Digital Markets Act, Meta is giving WhatsApp and Messenger customers the power to attach with folks utilizing third-party messaging companies, referred to as third-party chats.

In a put up from September 6, the corporate mentioned it spent the previous few months gathering info and information from customers about what it must prioritize with regard to third-party chats.

“Because of this, we now have constructed new notifications into WhatsApp and Messenger that inform customers about third-party chats. We’ll remind customers every time a brand new third-party messaging app turns into obtainable,” the put up reads. “We’ve additionally designed a easy onboarding move for customers the place they’ll study extra about third-party chats and switch the characteristic on. Choices embrace selecting which third-party apps they wish to obtain messages from, and the way they want to handle their inbox.”

In keeping with Meta’s put up, customers can select in the event that they’d prefer to have their third-party messages delivered to a separate folder, to their present inbox, or any type of mixed method. Meta has additionally included options like reactions, direct replies, typing indicators, and browse receipts. The choices to create teams, voice name, and video name might be included in 2027.

“As mentioned in additional element in our earlier weblog, constructing third-party chats is technically difficult and preserving privateness and safety is a shared accountability,” the put up reads. “We’ve already come a good distance, however there’s much more to construct.”