WhatsApp prepares the most important change in its history: this is how it will affect you

2024-01-24 17:42:54
2,000 million. That is the number of users that WhatsApp has. The platform owned by Meta is not only, by far, the most used ‘app’ worldwide in terms of messaging. It is also the most important communication tool for many people. However, that could change soon. At least in the European Union. Currently, WhatsApp is working to make the platform compatible with competing tools, as is the case with other messaging applications such as Telegram or Signal. This will mean that, soon, the user who wants it will not need to have the Meta ‘app’ installed in order to continue maintaining contact with the rest of the users. You can choose another tool. Related News standard No WhatsApp is copying one of the most useful functions of the iPhone: this is how standard ABC will work No WhatsApp already lets you create ‘stickers’ on the iPhone: how you can do it ABC In other words: if you have Telegram, you can use this platform to send messages directly to the WhatsApp accounts of the contacts you have stored on your smartphone. You won’t have to accumulate messaging applications. Just one will be enough for everything. Obviously, Meta, a company that also owns Facebook and Instagram, does not take this measure, which may end up losing users, of its own volition. The change is motivated by the EU Digital Markets Law. The regulations establish, among other things, the obligation for large internet companies or ‘gatekeepers’, which are those that, among other things, have more than 45 million users on Community soil, the obligation to “allow interoperability of third parties with their own services. That is, in the case of WhatsApp, allowing users who want to send messages to other Internet users who operate in the application. And all without having to have it installed on your smartphone. WhatsApp was already working last month on the interoperability of the application in the beta for Android 2.23.19.8 devices. Now, according to the specialized media WABetaInfo, the development has also been extended to iOS phones; that is, iPhones. Although, at the moment, it is unknown when the novelty will be available to all users; What is expected is that it will be in a matter of just weeks. According to the EU plans, gatekeepers must comply with all obligations of the Digital Markets Act from March 2024. Otherwise, they may face fines amounting to up to 10% of the company’s total worldwide turnover. Recidivism would increase the fine to 20% of the total.
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