Whatsapp Beta for android gets verified accounts

Whatsapp messaging application owned by Facebook had been testing its beta version.It verified profiles for businesses were  being tested on the Windows Phone beta app, and now the company has come forward and announced how the feature will work on the Android beta version. When this announcement was made the company has added another feature to its growing list of features introduced this year 2017. Another major feature coming to the app will be UPI integration for convenient money transfers. This UPI integration will be really awesome as we can transfer money. We can transfer money like Paytm to anyone.

 With this move Whatsapp also joins the ranks of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in having  verified profiles, and taken a step towards increasing the convenience with which users can communicate with businesses on the platform.

In an FAQ post regarding the new update, the Facebook owned social media app said that some business accounts have already been verified by Whatsapp. 

How to find Business accounts in Whatsapp?

Business accounts in Whatsapp can be found if we see a green badge with white tick mark next to a contact's name, you can be assured that it has been verified by the company as a business profile. Not all the business profile will be shown only those which has been verified by Whatsapp will be shown.

How Whatsapp verified profiles work?

Whatsapp will also let you know when you start talking to a business via yellow messages inside a chat. Once you have messaged there is no way you can delete the messages. 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 the company said in its post.

In case you don't have a business' phone number stored in your address book, you will see the name that the business has chosen for its own self inside the app. 

what to do if you don't want any Business to contact you?

Also, in case you don't want any business to bother you on Whatsapp, you will always have the option  to block them, just like any other contact.

The company has clarified that Whatsapp business verification is currently limited to a small number of businesses participating in a pilot program.

WABetaInfo, which first spotted the feature, has pointed out that with the release of 2.17.285 version of the Android beta app, the way in which users can view a business account and the information that is available, has been revealed. As per the report, Whatsapp has updated its servers to improve the synchronisation of your contact numbers. In case there is a business contact in your address book, it reportedly will not download that contact again.

As per the report it also mentions that the new Business Info section, will come with information like the address of the business, the real name of the business, the mail address of the business, and its website. In case the business has an account on Instagram, you will also be presented with the link of that profile as well.

This app was started last month, it is still in developing stage, it will take some time for it to be completed fully. 

Currently only few business have been verified by Whatsapp, soon it will be verifying all the business accounts.

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