After
one year of acquiring mobile messaging service WhatsApp, Facebook has
begun testing a new feature in its ‘Facebook for Android’ app that
includes the first major integration of WhatsApp.
The
social networking site has added a ‘Send’ button with the familiar
WhatsApp icon as a part of the status actions buttons that appear under
each status update.
The
new button appears on the right side (for left-to-right languages) for
some users in the most recent version of the Facebook for Android app,
the Geek Time reported.
This
move appears to be the first step towards connecting the two platforms
in order to sustain growth and take control of the messaging market
together.
According
to reports, teams are already working on a deeper integration that will
include the ability to send messages between Facebook Messenger and
WhatsApp.
WhatsApp,
which last said it had 700 million monthly active users, and was
acquired by Facebook for over $20 billion in February last year.
Facebook Messenger now has 600 million monthly active users.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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