Meta Enlists BirdyChat & Haiket To Outsource WhatsApp Privacy, Europe Decides
KEY POINTS
- •Meta rolling out WhatsApp third-party integration in Europe over coming months
- •BirdyChat and Haiket are first third-party apps interoperating with WhatsApp
- •Feature available on WhatsApp iOS/Android, excluding desktops, web, tablets
- •Third-party apps must use same end-to-end encryption as WhatsApp
In a dazzling display of compliance and innovation, Meta is finally launching third-party integration with WhatsApp in Europe, thanks to the relentless Digital Markets Act (DMA). Brace yourself for BirdyChat and Haiket—the two most mysterious messaging apps we've all never heard of—leading the charge ‘over the coming months.’ This integration, available only on iOS/Android (desktop, web, and tablets politely excluded), promises end-to-end encryption so ironclad that even Meta claims it can't peek. Users will get a friendly heads-up in the settings to opt-in, choosing between a combined or separate inbox, because who doesn't love organizing messengers during their existential dread? Meta also warns these apps ‘might handle your data differently,’ which is corporate speak for 'probably create new data nightmares.' All while users can relax knowing only phone numbers registered in DMA-affected European zones are in enjoying this kaleidoscope of messaging chaos.
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Meta’s big plan to integrate third-party chats includes BirdyChat and Haiket—the apps so obscure even relentless Googling yields nothing. Combine inboxes or not? Encryption’s intact, but your data might just take a wild European ride. Welcome to chat bureaucratic bliss.
WhatsApp’s new third-party chat integration is so exclusive to Europe only iOS and Android that even devices want to feel special by exclusion. BirdyChat and Haiket: When Netflix has more buzz than your new messaging apps.
Meta’s ‘adhere-to-DMA’ joyride with WhatsApp+BirdyChat+Haiket feels like inviting two ghost guests to your party, promising end-to-end privacy but handing you a choice folder labeled ‘Data May Vary.’ Talk about premium user confusion!
Source: Theverge | Published: 11/14/2025 | Author: Thomas Ricker
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