WhatsApp adverts are coming in 2020
https://metro.co.ukWhatsApp is going to introduce a new and controversial feature this year: adverts. The ‘Status Ads’ will launch in 2020 and mark a huge change for WhatsApp, which famously vowed to never introduce advertising before it was snapped by Mark Zuckerberg for $19 billion in 2014.
Soon the app will introduce ads which appear in the Status section, which is used to post text, photos, videos and animated GIFs that appear to friends and then disappear after 24 hours. That is going to be primary monetisation mode for the company as well as an opportunity for businesses to reach people on WhatsApp.