It ends WhatsApp’s decade-plus run of offering an ad-free messaging and calling experience. Meta, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014, attempted to justify the decision by saying ads will be sequestered ...

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 ...

Meta plans to introduce advertisements on WhatsApp Status. This move aims to tap into WhatsApp's large user base. WhatsApp ...

On June 16, WhatsApp announced that ads were coming to the platform for the first time. Meta – which owns WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram – said these would appear in WhatsApp's "Updates" tab.

Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp, 11 years after the social media giant acquired the platform, whose founders avoided advertising. The messaging app, acquired for $19 billion by Meta, is ...

The cofounders of WhatsApp resisted ads in the app for years, including after the company was acquired by Meta for $22 billion in 2014. Brian Acton and Jan Koum left the company in 2017 and 2018 ...

For years, the Meta messaging and video calling app, WhatsApp, has been ad-free. However, that's all about to change. Here's what you need to know.

WhatsApp has been talking about launching in-app advertising for many years, but today the change has finally arrived.Ads in WhatsApp are now official, here are the details of what to expect ...

More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app.

WhatsApp is rolling out new ad features including a subscription model that will allow channels to offer exclusive content for a monthly fee.

Meta announced that it is adding ads and subscriptions to its WhatsApp messaging app in a June 16 press release.. The social media giant, primarily known as the parent company of Facebook, said ...

Meta Platforms Inc. will begin showing ads inside of its WhatsApp messaging service, ... Site feedback: Take our Survey. By Kurt Wagner. June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT ...