WhatsApp users will start seeing in-app ads within ‘Status’ feature from 2020

Rumors and reports that WhatsApp would start getting in-app ads have been flying around for some time but now we have explicit confirmation from Facebook that they will be coming to the messaging platform by 2020. Several slides from the event show what appear to be ads within the WhatsApp Stories section (via Matt Navarra / Oliver Ponteville). It still isn’t ideal, but ads within WhatsApp were always likely to come at some point as Facebook has sought to monetize the world’s largest messaging platform for some time.

Source: 9to5google.com