It was reported sometimes in May 2019, that beginning from this year
2020, WhatsApp will start displaying Ads through your status update timeline.
However, something has changed. The group has been dissolved.
According to what Wall Street Journal is reporting, the team that had been
working on building ads into WhatsApp was disbanded in recent months, with
their work subsequently “deleted from WhatsApp’s code.”
though Facebook still ultimately
aims to integrate ads into WhatsApp’s Status feature, for now, the app will
remain ad-free. The company’s desire to monetize WhatsApp, which it acquired
for $22 billion in 2014 with billions of users onboard the app.
Initially, Facebook plans were
to tailor recommended ads on your WhatsApp stories suitable for your viewers,
but since the team behind it has been disbanded, then don’t expect to have ads
on your status anytime soon.
WhatsApp Status feature which
was introduced earlier
in 2017 allows users to share photos, videos, and GIFs as your status(i.e.
stories) which will auto-destruct in 24 hours. It also allows you to share
your Status as Facebook stories.
What do you think about this?