\u201cWhatsApp will bring Stories Ads in its status product in 2020,\u201d an attendee of Facebook’s Marketing Summit tweeted in May 2019.<\/p>\n
These status advertisements will be the primary monetisation method for the company, and would work similarly to Instagram’s Stories adverts.<\/p>\n
In addition to these status adverts, Facebook also announced<\/strong><\/a> that it would begin integrating business catalogues into its platforms to allow WhatsApp users to browse products from within the app.<\/p>\n This feature would be added to chats between customers and businesses registered on WhatsApp, and Facebook said it is currently working on these new features as part of a general redesign.<\/p>\n Facebook has been working on a new cryptocurrency for a while now<\/strong><\/a>, which it aims to use as a digital payment feature for WhatsApp users.<\/p>\n The digital currency will allow WhatsApp users to send money to their friends and family across local and international borders.<\/p>\n Facebook has communicated with a number of cryptocurrency exchanges regarding the selling of its cryptocurrency, the underlying technology of which will exist on a network of decentralised computers.<\/p>\n There will be no mining mechanism built into the cryptocurrency’s design, and it will reportedly be built as a transactional currency and will not function as a store of value.<\/p>\n Facebook reportedly plans to launch<\/strong><\/a> its WhatsApp cryptocurrency this month, which could enable users of the messaging app to make mobile cross-border payments without being subject to high transaction fees and restrictions.<\/p>\n While Facebook and WhatsApp have historically remained relatively separate, the company has begun working<\/strong><\/a> on a new feature which will allow WhatsApp users to share their status updates to their Facebook page.<\/p>\n Once this feature is added, users who have Facebook installed on their smartphone and post a status update on WhatsApp will be presented with an \u201cAdd to Facebook Story\u201d option.<\/p>\n It is important to note that this feature will not automatically post your statuses to your Facebook page, and will require manual authorisation from the user every time.<\/p>\n Another feature coming to WhatsApp is the ability to share contact details and add people as contacts by scanning or displaying an in-app QR code.<\/p>\n These features are under development for the Android and iOS versions of WhatsApp.<\/p>\n In addition to changing the way its application works with the upcoming implementation of cryptocurrency, advertisements, and Facebook integration, WhatsApp is also cracking down on the misuse of its app.<\/p>\n A post<\/strong><\/a> published under the WhatsApp FAQ section details Facebook’s approach to misuse of its WhatsApp Business API.<\/p>\n WhatsApp said it was aware that some users were exploiting its systems to send spam to users, and it has banned millions of abusive accounts which engaged in this behaviour.<\/p>\n The company has now gone one step further, promising to take legal action against users who abuse its systems to send out bulk messages or use the application for non-personal tasks.<\/p>\n “This serves as notice that we will take legal action against companies for which we only have off-platform evidence of abuse if that abuse continues beyond December 7, 2019, or if those companies are linked to on-platform evidence of abuse before that date,” WhatsApp said.<\/p>\n WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the western world, and Facebook has been constantly rolling out new features to the 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\nCryptocurrency<\/h3>\n
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\nFacebook integration and QR codes<\/h3>\n
\nRules<\/h3>\n
\nNow read: The 4 best WhatsApp alternatives<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"