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Meta shares how WhatsApp and Messenger will interact with other messaging apps in the EU

Meta is sharing how interoperability with third-party chat apps would work on WhatsApp and Messenger in Europe.

Meta is making changes to WhatsApp and Messenger in order to add interoperability with third-party chat apps — in Europe, that is — and the company is sharing how it would work in a new post. Based on previous reports, Meta started working on enabling third-party chats last year after the rules of the bloc's Digital Markets Act(DMA) came into effect. Under the DMA, "gatekeepers" or the largest companies and platforms in the industry have to ensure interoperability with third parties since they're prohibited from favoring their own services.

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