All Meta apps, whether Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, or WhatsApp, now feature that multi-colored circle that says AI is in the room. I’ve said more than once that I do not want that sort of ...

It took 11 years since Facebook acquired it for $19 billion, but Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp, marking a major change for an app whose founders shunned advertising ...

Meta is also hoping to monetize WhatsApp through paid subscriptions and search ads on the app's Channels feature. About 1.5 billion daily users access the Updates tab, which includes Channels and ...

Meta brings ads to WhatsApp By The Associated Press Updated June 17, 2025 4:17 a.m. FILE - A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, Nov. 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton testified in Meta’s defense against the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust suit that alleges an anticompetitive deal to buy the app.

Meta will detail the new WhatsApp feature once it’s ready to roll it out to the stable version of WhatsApp for iPhone and Android. I’ll point out one obvious worry.

At least it was possible to delete that free U2 album that Apple foisted on its customers in 2014; there is no way to remove Meta AI from WhatsApp. I didn’t – don’t – want Meta AI. If I ...

As reported by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is testing a new "Summarize with Meta AI" feature for individual and group chats on Android. The button appears above unread messages in a conversation, and you ...

Meta is rolling out the ability to link your WhatsApp account to Meta’s Accounts Center, enabling single sign-on and other features.

It’s the same in the WhatsApp app (you’ll see the Meta AI logo on the Chats tab), and in the Instagram app (tap the message button, in the top right corner of the home tab, ...

Meta doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to iPad apps. Among Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, only the first one has an iPadOS app – but it’s been years since the app ...