Meta to allow messages from 3rd-party apps on WhatsApp, Messenger: Details

Meta has announced plans for integrating third-party chats into WhatsApp and Messenger. As a digital gatekeeper under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Meta must ensure that WhatsApp and Messenger are interoperable with third-party apps such as iMessage, Telegram, Google Messages, Signal, and others. The DMA was implemented earlier this year. Meta’s efforts to introduce third-party chats in WhatsApp have been ongoing for some time.

The upcoming update for users in the European Union will allow them to choose whether to consolidate Messenger and WhatsApp messages into the same inbox or keep them separate.