From now on you can receive them on Whatsapp also messages arriving from other applications, including competitors Telegram And Signal.
This is the innovation introduced by the giant of Mark Zuckerberg, Half (the former Facebook), which officially opens WhatsApp to other messaging applications. FromApril 11thIn fact, users will decide whether to receive messages from other apps within WhatsApp.
An opportunity that arose following the request ofEU of greater “interoperability” among the messaging platforms, present within the Digital Markets Act and aimed at promoting the competition and the transparency.
However, as explained by the experts, the possibility of receiving messages from Telegram on Whatsapp it is completely optional. In fact, users will find a new menu item in the Settings that they will have to activate to receive messages. But not only. Other changes are also coming to the world’s most used messaging app. Here’s everything you need to know and how to activate this new mode.
WhatsApp and Telegram together, everything changes: here’s why
L’article 7 of the Digital Markets Actwhich regulates interoperability requirements, provides the possibility of exchanging messages (voice and otherwise), photos, audio, video and other files between individuals even with different messaging apps.
Within two years, according to the act, this option must also be possible for group chat and within four years also for voice calls And video, single and group. But the exchange, as he recalls Daily fact it is not imminent and this is because Meta requires Apps to integrate some safety requirementsin addition to the fact that the reception of the integration request by third-party services will not start from WhatsApp but from the competitors.
Furthermore, among other news for users in Europe there is the tightening of data management by the American company: WhatsApp will manage customer data within the framework of the so-called “Eu-Us Data Privacy Framework”, a new agreement for the transfer of personal information between the European Union and the USA, which came into force last July. Finally, the age limitswhich in Europe will pass by 16 to 13 years.
WhatsApp and Telegram together: here’s how to activate the new function
Given that the opportunity to receive Telegram messages on WhatApp will be optional, users will have to not only decide but manually activate this new function.
As anticipated, Whatsapp should make a new item accessible in the menu called “Third party chat” which will allow users to take advantage of this innovative feature. This means that it will be possible to exchange messages, photos and videos between individuals using apps other than WhatsApp, but always remaining connected to the Meta App.
For activate the function Of interoperabilityusers will need to follow the following instructions:
- open the app and access the Settings;
- select the option Accounts;
- select the optionThird party chat and activate the function;
- select apps third parties (such as Telegram, Signal) with whom you intend to interact.
Once the procedure is completed, messages from these Apps can be viewed in a dedicated section within WhatsApp. In this way Meta should fulfill the interoperability request requested by the European Union.
However, as anticipated, it will take a few months for this collaboration to run in. In fact, Meta will first have to carry out a series of checks and tests to guarantee user safety, which is why the full operation of the function could be delayed by a few months. However, this new feature represents a new step forward in making the experience with messaging apps more flexible and accessible.
