Meta To Link WhatsApp To Instagram And Facebook Via Accounts Center

Meta announced they are rolling out the option to add WhatsApp to the company’s Accounts Center, allowing the app to link with other platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.

According to the press release, the new feature will be available for all users within the next few weeks for those who choose to connect networks. Users will be able to share the same updates across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook the way the last two can share the same stories at the moment.

“We’re introducing the ability to add WhatsApp to Accounts Center to easily cross-post your WhatsApp Status, or log in to multiple apps with the same account,” wrote the company.

Meta also explained that users can simplify access to their accounts by using a single sign-on. The tech giant added that they expect to include more linked features in the near future—like connecting stickers and avatars across platforms—and clarified that personal data on WhatsApp remains secure and encrypted.

“Privacy is paramount to WhatsApp and your personal messages and calls are always protected by end-to-end encryption, which means that no one else, not even WhatsApp or Meta, can read or hear them,” wrote the company, assuring that allowing WhatsApp to join the Accounts Center doesn’t change this aspect.

Users interested in getting access to this new feature will have to allow it on WhatsApp settings or accept it when they share a new Status and get the notification to include it in other Meta platforms. If the option doesn’t show, they’ll have to wait a bit longer for it to be available.

In November, WhatsApp rolled out its audio transcription feature for users to transform voice messages into text.