WhatsApp users will have to pay up - details

Meta is changing the payment rules for the business version of WhatsApp. Starting October 1, fees will be charged for each message sent, rather than for initiating a conversation. The change will affect large businesses and companies using chatbots, but will not impact regular users or small businesses.

Meta is changing the payment rules for the business version of WhatsApp. Starting Thursday, October 1, fees will be charged for each message sent, rather than for initiating a conversation as before. The cost of one service message will be about $0.0056, or 1.7 agorot. The first 1,000 messages per month will remain free, with charges beginning from the 1,001st. The change will mainly affect large businesses and companies that actively use chatbots. Incoming messages from customers will still be free. The changes will not affect regular WhatsApp or the WhatsApp Business mobile app for small businesses. The new rules apply only to companies operating through the WhatsApp Business API corporate platform. Earlier, Kursor reported on the testing of a voice-to-text conversion feature in WhatsApp.