For the first time since launching in 2009, WhatsApp will now show users advertisements. The ads are “rolling out gradually,” the company said.

Meta rolls out WhatsApp ads and Channel subscriptions as part of a strategy to make money from the app.

It has been a long time coming — seven years since Meta first announced its plan to do so, in fact — but ads are starting to appear in WhatsApp as of Monday. They'll only be visible on the ...

WhatsApp is rolling out ads. In an update on Monday, Meta announced that it will now show ads from businesses through its ...

It’s official, WhatsApp ’s latest update is bringing ads to the platform.

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 ...

Ads will appear alongside Status posts, and the Updates tab will gain three new features: paid Channel subscriptions for exclusive content, promoted Channels to surface new publishers, and Status ...

For the first time, WhatsApp will display ads and offer paid subscriptions for exclusive content in its Updates tab, expanding its revenue streams while keeping personal messages ad-free.

In a strategic change, WhatsApp will roll out ads in its Updates tab, targeting its large user base.

It has been a long time coming — seven years since Meta first announced its plan to do so, in fact — but ads are starting to appear in WhatsApp as of Monday. They'll only be visible on the Updates tab ...