New data emerges about support for third-party chat apps in WhatsApp

The latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android, version number 2.24.5.18, confirms that the messaging app will come with a section for third-party chats from which you can activate or deactivate the feature.

Future entry into force of the new Digital Markets Act or DMArecently approved by the European Union, forces instant messaging apps take measures to comply with these rules and WhatsApp will be one of the first to prepare its platform for this law.

In fact, thanks to the guys at WABetaInfo, we have learned new details about how the meta app will develop. Integrate third-party chat support into your Android app..

WhatsApp is already working on integrating third-party chats into its apps

The latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android is available on Google Play from version number: 2.24.5.18.confirms that the courier service is already working on Chat interaction feature to support third party platforms.

As you can see in the screenshot provided by colleagues at WABetaInfo, which we leave below these lines, WhatsApp has created a new section in the settings menu of the Android application called Third party chats (Third Party Chats) from which you can activate this new feature as soon as it becomes available.

If you want to chat with users on other platforms from WhatsApp, you will have to enable the chat interaction feature in the app’s settings.

This means that third party chat support It will not be activated by default in WhatsApp. and what if you want to talk to users of other messaging platforms, you will have to turn it on.

WhatsApp has already confirmed that messages you send to people using other services there will be end-to-end encryption and that they will appear in another mailbox in the chat list.