“During a close to 8-hour long trilogue (three-way talks between Parliament, Council and Commission), EU lawmakers agreed that the largest messaging services (such as Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger or iMessage) will have to open up and interoperate with smaller messaging platforms, if they so request. Here is the EU press release regarding the interoperability of famous apps like WhatsApp, iMessage, and Messenger. People can create a room right from Messenger or Facebook, and invite anyone to join the video call, even if they don’t have a Facebook account.WhatsApp and Other Message Apps Might Soon Have Interoperability But at What Cost? Last month, Facebook had announced Messenger Rooms which allow group video calls of up to 50 people with no time limit. Integrating messenger rooms with WhatsApp means a huge amount of people whoever uses the WhatsApp will shift to the Messenger room.

Once a user will tap on ‘Room’ the app will open a new window with a message that reads, “Create a room in Messenger and send a link to group video chat with anyone, even if they don’t have WhatsApp or Messenger.”Īs WABetaInfo notes, the Messenger Rooms integration is appearing only for a handful of users running the latest WhatsApp beta, and that too in a limited number of countries. The update brings a new ‘Room’ option to the share menu inside the chat, which directs users to Messenger to create a room to have a group video call with up to 50 people.

According to a report by WABetaInfo, Facebook has integrated Messenger Rooms into WhatsApp for Android with the 2.20.163 beta update.

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