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WhatsApp Channel Storage Cleanup: What the New Android Tool Means for Businesses (2026)

Business Communication, Product Updates, WhatsApp / July 31, 2026

WhatsApp is rolling out a channel storage cleanup tool on Android, and it is a bigger deal for brands than the small feature note suggests. The tool lets people wipe the photos, videos, stickers and voice notes that channels have been quietly saving to their phones, filtered by category, across one channel or several at […]

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Meta Business Agent vs Custom AI Agent: Which Should You Run in 2026?

WhatsApp / July 31, 2026

Until June 2026, putting an AI agent on WhatsApp meant building one. You picked a platform, connected your data, wrote the prompts, defined the handoff rules, and paid a vendor. Then Meta shipped its own agent, made it free to switch on, and put it inside the apps your customers already use. The obvious question

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WhatsApp Web Calling Is Live: Call Transfer, Waiting Room, and What It Means for Business

AI Customer Support, Industry Insights, WhatsApp / July 28, 2026

For years, WhatsApp Web was the half-version. You could read and reply to messages in a browser tab, but the moment a customer wanted to talk, you were back on your phone, holding it against your ear while typing notes with one hand. That gap is now closed. WhatsApp Web calling is rolling out with

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52 WhatsApp Business Statistics for 2026 (Every One Sourced)

Conversational Marketing, Statistics, WhatsApp / July 24, 2026

Most WhatsApp statistics posts copy each other. The same “98% open rate” and the same inflated user counts get passed from one listicle to the next until nobody remembers where they came from. Some of those numbers are years out of date. A few were never sourced at all. This roundup is different. Every one

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How Often to Send WhatsApp Campaigns Without Getting Blocked (2026 Guide)

Small Business, Tech Tutorials, WhatsApp / July 18, 2026

Every business that discovers WhatsApp marketing goes through the same arc. The first campaign gets open rates email marketers dream about. The second and third do too. So the calendar fills up, the broadcasts get bigger, and a few weeks later messages stop delivering, the quality rating turns yellow, and someone is searching “why is

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WhatsApp Business Calling Pricing in 2026: What It Actually Costs

AI Customer Support, Small Business, WhatsApp / July 17, 2026

WhatsApp Business Calling has quietly become one of the most asked-about features on the WhatsApp Business Platform. Customers can tap a call icon and ring your business over WhatsApp, and your business can call customers back, all inside the same thread where the conversation started. No phone line, no separate dialer, no “please hold while

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WhatsApp Business Multi-Account Is Rolling Out on Android: How to Run Two Numbers on One Phone

AI News, Small Business, WhatsApp / July 16, 2026

If you run two businesses, or one business with two numbers, you have probably lived the two-phone life. One device for the boutique, another for the salon. Or worse, one phone and a daily ritual of logging out and back in, praying the verification SMS arrives quickly. That era is finally ending. WhatsApp Business multi-account

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Meta Business Agent Platform: The Complete 2026 Explainer for Businesses

WhatsApp / July 1, 2026

Something fundamental just shifted in how businesses will talk to customers on WhatsApp. On July 1, 2026, the Meta Business Agent Platform went live for partners, opening the door for any business to deploy an AI agent that can answer questions specific to that business, recommend products, book appointments, and close sales, all inside a

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WhatsApp Username Feature Halted in India: What MeitY’s Notice Means

WhatsApp / July 1, 2026

Just days after WhatsApp opened username reservations worldwide, India has hit the pause button. On July 1, 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, better known as MeitY, issued a formal notice directing Meta not to roll out the WhatsApp username feature in India until consultations are complete and the government’s concerns are addressed.

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WhatsApp Usernames: The Complete 2026 Guide to the Biggest Identity Shift in the App

WhatsApp / June 30, 2026

For seventeen years, your identity on WhatsApp was one thing: your phone number. It was your login, your address, your business card, and your privacy liability all rolled into a single string of digits. It was how friends found you, how businesses reached you, and how strangers in a group could quietly copy you into

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