WhatsApp and Instagram are already showing the new name

Mark Zuckerberg, the former co-founder of Facebook, has announced the company’s new name. Now, the company that runs the Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook apps is called “Meta”.

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The news can now be seen at the bottom of the social apps home screen, with the message “From Meta” visible. The old term “From Facebook” was introduced to the messaging platform in late 2019.

The news portal specialized in WhatsApp, WABetaInfo, began to notice the novelty in the beta versions of the messenger, for Android and iOS. However, the change has reached all users since only last week.

Changing the name causes curiosity

According to Google Trends, a platform that manages searches made on Google, the expression “whatsapp from meta” is widely searched for. However, the number of spectators this Thursday (4) was the highest ever. Another term that is being verified by users is “from meta on whatsapp”.

On social networks such as Twitter, many users also show amazement at the change, and even bewildered by the so-called “Meta”. Some argue that a file The WhatsApp Instagram has been sold out, while others are sharing screenshots asking what happened.

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According to Mark Zuckerberg, the new name came from the company’s new project, called the metaverse. The CEO said the move symbolizes the company’s ambition to be the largest social media company in the world.

Zuckerberg defines the metaverse as a new digital environment, where users will be able to connect as if they were “inside” the virtual world. To visualize this scale, the entrepreneur emphasizes the use of digital avatars.

“In the metaverse, you’ll be able to do anything you can imagine – meet with friends and family, work, learn, play, shop, innovate – as well as completely new experiences that don’t really fit into the way we think about computers or phones today,” the partner said. founder.