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- WhatsApp has revealed how it’ll work with other encrypted messaging apps.
- The company says cross-app messaging will be an opt-in affair, citing spam concerns.
- WhatsApp will also offer a dedicated inbox for messages from third-party apps.
New European Union (EU) laws mean that WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have been designated as gatekeeper services. This means they’ll need to be interoperable with other messaging apps, and we’ve now got a better idea of how this will work.
WhatsApp engineering director Dick Brouwer outlined how cross-app messaging will work in an interview with Wired. For starters, Brouwser says cross-app support will be opt-in.