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You May Soon Be Able to Chat on WhatsApp Even Without an Account
AUG 5 – WhatsApp's guest chats will enable one-to-one encrypted text messaging with non-users via a shared link but exclude group chats, media, and calls, reflecting EU interoperability rules.
- WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will let users send one-on-one messages to people who don’t have a WhatsApp account.
- This functionality is part of Meta’s initiative to adhere to European interoperability regulations and to encourage new user sign-ups on WhatsApp by allowing communication with non-users.
- Guest chats work by sharing a direct encrypted link that opens a private chat in the browser, but they exclude group chats and media sharing.
- WABetaInfo reported the feature is in development, unseen in beta yet, will support only text, and promises end-to-end encryption for privacy.
- The feature's release could attract new users to WhatsApp, but its limitations may affect user adoption or encourage app sign-ups.
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WhatsApp is developing guest conversations that will allow us to communicate with people who do not have an account in the app. We tell you how it will work.
·Madrid, Spain
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To access this function, WhatsApp users should invite one of their contacts that has no application, receiving a link that will allow access to a common chat.
·Portugal
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A new feature in the development phase will allow the start of a chat even to users who do not have a WhatsApp account: here is how and what the limits are
·Italy
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