It’s probably a little more interoperability than Meta would have liked, but WhatsApp is currently developing a new “Third Party Chats” section, which will enable users of other chat apps to send messages to WhatsApp users.
As you can see in this example, shared by WA Beta Info, WhatsApp’s building a new element in the app where people will be able to view messages from other providers.
The change is in line with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which includes provisions that require “gatekeeper” apps, or apps with significant market control, to “allow third parties to inter-operate with the gatekeeper’s own services in certain specific situations”.
In WhatsApp’s case, that means that it will need to allow a level of cross-platform access with other message providers, which will expand the capacity for WhatsApp to be used as a more universal messaging app.
Meta, of course, has long been working on its own cross-platform interoperability process, which will…
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