New Update WhatsApp and Messenger users in Europe to get third-party chat options

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Thanks to the European Union's Digital Markets Act, Meta has been forced to make WhatsApp and Messenger connect with third-party messaging apps so their respective users can chat with each other. Meta has now shared some screenshots of the feature and what people will be able to expect from it.

The social media giant said that the new functionality will be available to people in Europe who want to connect with friends on other platforms. While the company hasn't said it will expand further, its Threads platform is part of the Fediverse of social networks so maybe the company is shifting its thinking to work with other platforms, maybe we could see third-party chats roll out globally at some point, rather than just in the EU.

Meta says that WhatsApp and Messenger users in Europe will be notified soon about third-party chats. The company says it has built a simple onboarding flow for users where they can learn about the feature and turn it on. Users will be able to choose which third-party apps they want to get messages from, and how they want to manage their inbox.
 

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In Croatia, at least, everyone and their dog uses WhatsApp so there isn't any benefit for me personally. But I like EU making moves to make tech more interoperable because it really should be. It shouldn't matter which service and from which provider you use.

I feel like if we invented e-mail today, greedy companies would limit it on purpose so users could only communicate with their users. Imagine Gmail being able to send only e-mails only to Gmail users, Outlook.com to theirs. Crazy!
 
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