WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging app with 1.5 billion users worldwide, will start showing ads after being ad-free for years, according to India's Economic Times. WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels said ...

After years of providing free services without any bells attached, WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app. To be clear, users will only see ads on the Status screen — the ...

WhatsApp is testing ads in the Status section of the Updates tab. New paid subscriptions and promoted Channels are also rolling out. Private messages remain untouched and end-to-end encrypted. Ads ...

“Sociable” is the latest commentary on important social media developments and trends from industry expert Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today. With WhatsApp gaining momentum in more regions, Meta ...

Meta is giving advertisers more ways to reach WhatsApp users by combining click-to-message ads with Status placements, offering a new path to spark conversations with potential customers. Why we care.

Like its other services, Meta will bring ads to WhatsApp in the form of promoted channels and status ads. Additionally, to support creators, WhatsApp will introduce support for channel subscriptions.

WhatsApp has continued its efforts to show ads across more parts of the app, and it appears to be starting with the Updates tab. Many have started to notice advertisements in the Status and Channels ...

WhatsApp’s cat-and-mouse game with ads continues. While the company is not planning to show ads in the main inbox, it could still show ads in Status — the app’s Stories-like feature — and channels. In ...

Meta fuses WhatsApp Status ads with click-to-message, giving brands a bigger stage to spark chats and boost engagement. Meta is giving advertisers more ways to reach WhatsApp users by combining ...