WABetaInfo has spotted a new feature in the latest beta version of the WhatsApp app for iOS. This will add a new section to the Chats tab where users can view and access conversations they have with third-party apps.
Users will have the option to enable or disable this option at any time. Messages sent and received using this feature will also be encrypted end-to-end, This means only the sender and receiver can read them. Concretely, you can therefore: sending or receiving messages from other platformsand all your conversations will be available in one place on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp is preparing to comply with the law
This lies behind the functionality European Union Digital Markets Act (DMA)This is a new law that aims to regulate big tech companies and promote fair competition. Adopted in 2022, the DMA has various rules affecting messaging platforms such as WhatsApp. One of these stipulates, for example, that apps should allow users to communicate with other platforms and not lock them into their own ecosystem.
Threads is testing something similar on Mastodon, as Zuckerberg recently explained: ” We are launching a test where messages from Threads accounts can be found in Mastodon and other services using the ActivityPub protocol. Making Threads interoperable will give people more options for how they interact, allowing content to reach more people. I’m pretty optimistic about this “.
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