Advertisements (ads) are going to appear on whatsapp, the most widely used messaging app in the world. This famous app, which has about 2 billion users worldwide and about 100 billion messages per day, has been providing services for free without any ads so far. But now it has made a new announcement. Yes... Advertisements are going to appear on whatsapp, the most widely used messaging app in the world. As part of this, whatsapp stated in its blog post that it is now bringing features related to advertisements in the Updates tab of the app. These advertisement-related features will be visible in the 'Updates' tab of WhatsApp. 'The Updates' tab currently has channels and status sections, these will be displayed there. In this context, it has been said that it is bringing advertisements to provide an opportunity for organizations, businessmen, and admins to grow through WhatsApp.
 WhatsApp has stated that 1.5 billion people who use the app see this Updates tab daily. In this order, whatsapp has revealed that it is bringing a total of three types of ad features.
 
Channel Subscription: As part of this, Support your favorite channel by paying a monthly fee!

Promoted Channel: According to this, If you currently explore channels, you will see some of the trending whatsapp channels. Now admins can promote their channels by paying a fee to increase their visibility.

Ads in Status: Until now, only personal statuses were visible in Status. However, now business statuses will be visible. Responding to this, whatsapp said that advertisements will only appear in the Updates tab. Personal chats will remain ad-free as always. However, it has not yet been revealed when this advertising option will be made available.
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Sowmiya Sriram

17/06/2025 12:53 PM