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Meta on Friday write an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act ( DMA ) , the European law that aims to raise rivalry in digital marketplaces , where the law concerns the party ’s message apps , Messenger and WhatsApp .
As Meta notes in ablog post , the DMA requires that it provide an option in WhatsApp and Messenger to connect with interoperable third - party messaging services and apps . Meta say it ’s building telling into WhatsApp and Messenger to inform exploiter about these third - company integrations and alert them when a newly compatible third - company messaging app comes online .
The company also says it ’s introducing an onboarding menstruation in WhatsApp and Messenger where users can hear more about third - company chats and switch them on . From the flow , user will be able to countersink up a designated folder for third - company messages or , instead , prefer for a merge inbox .
In 2025 , Meta will roll out out group functionality for third - political party chat , and , in 2027 , it ’ll launch voice and video calling in accordance with the DMA .
And at some unspecified peak in the future tense , Meta will bring “ rich electronic messaging ” lineament for third - political party chats to WhatsApp and Messenger , like reaction , unmediated replies , typing indicators and read receipt , the companionship says .
“ We will keep collaborating with third - company messaging service for provide the safe and good experience , ” Meta wrote in the post . “ Users will start to see the third - political party chat option when a third - political party messaging inspection and repair has built , examine and launch the necessary engineering science to make the feature a positive and untroubled user experience . ”
The approaching WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability characteristic are n’t a barb stuff shot necessarily . As we ’ve reportedpreviously , it ’s not clear whether other major electronic messaging wheeler dealer , such as Viber and Telegram , will support them . WhatsApp will require end - to - end encoding to enable interoperability , which could also demonstrate technical roadblocks . Plus , Meta requires that companies bless an agreement — the detail of which were only relatively recently made public — to integrate with any of its systems .
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Open source message protocol Matrix ’s laminitis Matthew Hodgson , for one , note in a talk this year that Matrix will turn with WhatsApp , end - to - end encoding integral , “ on an experimental basis . ”
Meta is attempting to meet its responsibility under the DMA ’s messaging - related clauses , but the ship’s company has come under fire for allegedly violating other components of the legislation .
This summer , the European Commission enjoin that Meta ’s “ pay up or consent ” ad model , which offer EU users of Facebook and Instagram a choice between a pay up , advertizing - free experience or a gratuitous , advertizement - brook version , failed to comply with the DMA .
