It is no longer independent, it is already connected with Facebook and Instagram

If the user can be happy about new updates that allow you to create better statuses with your favorite songswhat WhatsApp has just announced breaks one of the biggest rules of the chat app since it It was purchased in 2014: your independence. Meta has announced that they will be able share WhatsApp statuses directly on Instagram and Facebook.

And a line has been crossed that in some way has drawn its own, unique and independent territory, since until now Meta had left WhatsApp outside the ecosystem of its social networks. Everything was in the messaging app private.

On Instagram and Facebook the game has been different, since when you create a story you can publish it directly on both (although there is always the option of not doing so). Which saves time between two apps or platforms that are still social networks, but WhatsApp has been characterized by being a private and simple messaging app so that now that feeling is completely diluted security.

Instagram and Facebook are two more public social networks and WhatsApp has always remained in the area of ​​privacy and that space that is more personal to the person. Building a bridge with social networks puts uncertainty in what has always been its most important experience: being a private messaging app.

Today’s announcement changes everything, as the account center is going to start supporting WhatsApp so that status updates can be forwarded or posted on all platforms where the user has an account. That border has been completely crossed, and in fact Meta has warned that those users who may fear for their privacy should not worry about anything, since none of these changes will affect the privacy and security of their messages.

It has also single sign-on support announced in the WhatsApp account, which makes it easier to switch between different platforms. The American company has said that the changes in the account center to support WhatsApp will take time to apply.

Goal, according to Engadgethas also confirmed that it will add more features that can be shared across multiple platforms like stickers, avatars and AI selfies; functionalities that it has been deploying last year in several regions.

Of course, this type of content is currently being stopped by the Digital Services Law in Europe and no type of function related to generative artificial intelligence has arrived in Spain; one of the largest investments that Meta has been making in its app as well as in its social networks over the past year.