WhatsApp has been updated with a web calling feature, allowing users to now make and receive audio and video calls, both one-on-one and group, directly from WhatsApp Web
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In this blog post for Steptoe, authors Robert Klotz & Lucia Rama discuss the European Commission’s June 9 decision requiring Meta to provisionally restore free access to the WhatsApp Business API for competing general-purpose AI assistants. The measure, adopted under Article 8 of Regulation 1/2003, is linked to the Commission’s ongoing investigation into whether Meta…
Must Meta Open WhatsApp to Competing AI Assistants? | PYMNTS.com Read Post »
WhatsApp Business to introduce token-based pricing for Meta Business Agent from August 1 Meta also plans to reinstate charges for certain types of business messages as it seeks to accelerate WhatsApp Business growth. July 02, 2026 / 02:15 IST India has become central to Meta’s business messaging ambitions
The rollout of digital communication channels for property taxpayers is being planned by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as part of a broader effort to strengthen tax compliance and simplify the payment process. A tender has been floated by the civic body’s Assessment and Collection (A&C) Department for introducing property tax services through WhatsApp Business…
BMC to launch WhatsApp Business and Google Messages for property taxpayers Read Post »
Circeus, an AI-native holding company, announced it has acquired Dondy, a conversational commerce platform ranked the number one WhatsApp app on the Shopify App Store. Dondy will become part of Shop Circle, Circeus’s agentic commerce software division. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed
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Perplexity AI once lived inside WhatsApp. Millions of users texted a simple phone number and got instant, do, where it fell short, and why Meta pulled the plug
Perplexity AI WhatsApp Assistant Features Read Post »
Starting October 1 2026, anyone using WhatsApp as a platform to reach their target audience will becharged by Meta for outbound messages
Meta Wants to Charge for Social Impact WhatsApp Messages – ICTworks Read Post »
The EU has told Meta that it must allow AI chatbots operated by rival firms to use WhatsApp for free
EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots Read Post »
Meta is pushing its own AI assistant, Meta AI, within WhatsApp. The app previously allowed third-party assistants such as ChatGPT, but these capabilities were restricted at the end of 2025. The company must now reinstate support for alternative services following an order from the European Commission
European Commission orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival chatbots Read Post »
Build an AI-powered real estate assistant on WhatsApp using Strands Agents SDK and AWS End User Messaging
Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger is free to deploy right now — and that changes in 15 days. On August 1, 2026, per-token charges kick in for every conversation the Meta Business Agent handles, at a rate of $2.00 per million tokens, which Meta translates to roughly 4 to 5 cents per…
Meta Business Agent Billing Starts Aug 1: Free Test Window Ends in Days Read Post »
ChatGPT returned to WhatsApp across the European Economic Area on Sunday — not because Meta changed its mind, but because the European Commission forced it to, deploying one of the rarest enforcement instruments in EU competition law to prevent a dominant messaging platform from locking rival AI assistants out of a gateway to roughly half…
EU Antitrust Order Reopens WhatsApp to ChatGPT, Setting Precedent for AI Markets Read Post »
Meta, the Mark Zuckerberg-founded company and tech giant, is all set to give its rival AI chatbots free access to the social messaging service “WhatsApp.”
Meta AI rival chatbots gets free WhatsApp access Read Post »
ChatGPT is once again available directly in WhatsApp in the EU. OpenAI restored the service for the European Economic Area on July 13, after it had been unavailable for about half a year. You can access the assistant rate ChatGPT app
ChatGPT is back on WhatsApp, the EU forced Meta to do it Read Post »
Businesses juggling two phone numbers on WhatsApp no longer need a spare device to do it. WhatsApp Business beta for Android version 2.24.27.5 is rolling out multi-account support
WhatsApp Business can now run two accounts at once: Here’s how Read Post »
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