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WhatsApp will send messages to other apps soon — here’s how it will look

You’ll get an option to keep your chats separate.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. The change, which is coming for users in the European Union, introduces new options to put Messenger and WhatsApp messages in the same inbox as third-party chats or keep them separate. But Meta’s plan for interoperability goes beyond messaging — the company says it will roll out support for third-party video and voice calls in 2027.

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