{"id":2276,"date":"2023-09-20T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2023-09-20T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T13:42:11","slug":"meta-to-introduce-whatsapp-business-owner-verification-innovative-flows-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/20\/meta-to-introduce-whatsapp-business-owner-verification-innovative-flows-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta to Introduce WhatsApp Business Owner Verification, Innovative &#8216;Flows&#8217; Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Uchendu Alexis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meta is gearing up to unveil a new verification system for businesses on WhatsApp, as well as an exciting feature called &#8220;Flows.&#8221; These developments were shared during a media briefing, the details of which were held under embargo until Wednesday. Nikila Srinivasan, Meta&#8217;s VP of business messaging, made these announcements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The company revealed that it will soon offer businesses the opportunity to undergo verification by Meta, assuring users that they are engaging with legitimate businesses. To attain Meta verification, businesses must establish their authenticity to Meta, and in return, they will receive a verified badge, enhanced account support, and protection against impersonation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Meta&#8217;s Vice President, &#8220;For businesses interested in signing up, Meta Verified will come with additional premium features including the ability to create a custom WhatsApp page that is easily discoverable via a web search, and multi-device support so multiple employees can respond to customers. We&#8217;ll begin testing Meta Verified soon with small businesses using the WhatsApp Business app before introducing it to businesses on the WhatsApp Business Platform in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the verification system, Meta also announced the launch of &#8220;Flows,&#8221; a feature that will enable businesses to offer a wide range of services without users having to leave the chat. This innovation will empower businesses to provide rich menus and customizable forms to meet various customer needs. Meta intends to make Flows accessible to businesses worldwide through the WhatsApp Business Platform in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uchendu Alexis &nbsp; Meta is gearing up to unveil a new verification system for businesses on WhatsApp, as well as an exciting feature called &#8220;Flows.&#8221; These developments were shared during a media briefing, the details of which were held under embargo until Wednesday. Nikila Srinivasan, Meta&#8217;s VP of business messaging, made these announcements. &nbsp; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions\/2279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}