What is interoperability: changes coming to WhatsApp in March

WhatsApp, the most used instant messaging application in Spain, will in a few days face its biggest change to date: Compatible with Telegram and other messaging apps. This will mark historical milestone in digital communications.

Or what’s the same. Starting in March, users will be able to read and send messages to other platforms without need go out belonging application. A modification which many users have been asking for in recent months and it has finally arrived Received.

Peculiarities

This is an updatedue to the upcoming use of new Law from Digital markets (direct memory access) European Union in Marchredefines many boundaries between competitors right in the instant messaging space.

Dick Brower, WhatsApp’s CTO, emphasized in Wired that interoperability will initially focus on text messages, send images, voice messages, videos and files between two people, in accordance with European standards.

What will this change mean?

Group calls and chats will be added later.. It should be noted that WhatsApp users will have the opportunity to participate. voluntarily in this exchange of messages with third partiesavoiding possible Problems from spam and scam.

WhatsApp and Meta, known as “gatekeepers” European regulators spent six months developing this function, demonstrating your commitment to regulatory requirements And needs its users.

Details of the plan later.

Now the company will have several months to implement it. exerciseadapt it to needs users and update it occasionally. details Full details of the plan will be released during the third month of the year, March.

Control of this new feature will be in the hands of users to ensure compatibility. Those who activate it will find a menu “Third party chat” at the top of their inbox, allowing them to receive messages from apps external to WhatsApp.