Meta has informed the way to How WhatsApp will connect with other messaging apps, after the Digital Markets Law (DMA) came into force on March 07. Messenger and a series of demands from the company will also participate in this interoperability.
Meta has had to do some modifications in WhatsApp and Messenger to comply with European regulations. Let's find out what it will be like, what it entails and what the company's demands are.
Meta tells us how WhatsApp will connect with other messaging apps
La Digital Markets Law It is a law that operates in the European Union to control digital markets in the territory, to make them fairer and more competitive. Meta have a great advantage over their closest competitors and which goes against the DMA regulations.
This European regulation has required Meta the interoperability of your messaging applications with their counterpartss. However, a problem arises linked to compatibility between applications and the times implemented by the company.
On the other hand, Meta has complied and opened this functionality with third-party apps, but it requires some requirements. In the case of WhatsApp and Messenger, both platforms use E2EE Signal, so the interested apps must use a protocol that guarantees the same security as it.
Meta adds that the process of receiving applications is open, but It will take around three months to respond.. Another of the company's demands is that the messaging applications that are part of the interoperability will connect to the WhatsApp servers, but through their own messaging protocols. In addition, they have to ensure that users will receive push notifications, regardless of which messaging app they come from.
It is not known when it will be possible to have cross-messaging ready for the general public. These developments will take longer than expected, despite the fact that Meta has made changes to WhatsApp and Messenger to comply with European regulations. What opinion do you have about these functionalities that the DMA requires from Meta?