Android WhatsApp beta launches 'Third Party Chat' page to comply with new EU regulations

According to a report by WABetaInfo, the WhatsApp beta update for Android (version 2.23.19.8) released today includes a new page called “Third Party Chats”. Currently this page is not functioning properly and users are unable to access

## Previously on this site According to reports, the European Union recently reached an agreement on a major competition reform called the Digital Markets Act (DMA), designating six companies as "gatekeepers" for the first time, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft. Including the 22 core platform services they provide,

these companies must provide users with the ability to communicate with each other using different apps.

WhatsApp is one of the companies subject to the new regulations of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and is developing a new feature specifically for the new regulations. WhatsApp has six months to adapt to new European regulations to provide its interoperability services in the EU. It's unclear if this feature will be extended to countries outside the EU

Interoperability allows others to contact users even without a WhatsApp account

DMA asks gatekeepers to allow users to delete Pre-installed apps or purchasing alternative App stores, in addition to stipulating that messaging apps must interoperate

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