It was inevitable. At the behest of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook is reportedly planning to integrate the technical infrastructure that powers WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram to create a single, unified ...

While all three apps will continue to work as stand-alone applications, the underlying messaging infrastructure will be integrated. For example, a Facebook Messenger user could message a WhatsApp user ...

The world's most popular instant messaging app for major mobile and desktop platforms from WhatsApp Inc., wholly owned by Meta Platforms. As of 2025, more than two billion people use WhatsApp every ...

In an effort led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has plans to rearchitect WhatsApp, Instagram direct messages, and Facebook Messenger so that messages can travel across any of the platforms. The New ...

WhatsApp and Messenger will eventually allow calls from third-party services, too — but only in the EU. WhatsApp and Messenger will eventually allow calls from third-party services, too — but only in ...

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There’s an update shock coming for Facebook Messenger users, which has implications for the platform’s billion users as well as Meta’s other giant WhatsApp, which is even bigger... Major surprise for ...