Whatsapp Debuts Verified Account For Businesses

Whatsapp is taking the route of other social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by adding verified account feature. 

You will now see a green tick next to a contact name, to indicate the account is verified. According to the company, some business accounts have already been verified.

This was stated in a blog post by the Facebook-owned company. The blogpost reads:

WhatsApp is exploring ways for you to communicate with the businesses that matter to you. 

Some business accounts have been verified by WhatsApp. If you see a green badge  next to a contact’s name, it means that WhatsApp has confirmed that the phone number of this contact belongs to a business account. 

WhatsApp will also let you know when you start talking to a business via yellow messages inside a chat. There is no way to delete these messages from the chat. 

If you already have a business’s phone number saved in your address book, the name you will see is the name you have saved in your address book. 

If you don’t have a business’s phone number saved in your address book, the name you will see is the name the business has chosen for themselves. 

If you’d like to stop a business from contacting you, you can block them. 

Note: WhatsApp business verification is currently limited to a small number of businesses participating in a pilot program. 

WABetainfo who first spotted the feature, shows a diagram of what the feature would look like. WhatsApp appears with a green tick and has contact details and an office address.

Whatsapp also has a major feature in the works that will bring UPI Integration to the app for money transfer.

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