BirdyChat becomes the first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
November 14, 2025
Today we are excited to share a big milestone. BirdyChat is now the first chat app in Europe that can exchange messages with WhatsApp under the Digital Markets Act. This brings us closer to our mission of giving work conversations a proper home.
WhatsApp is currently rolling out interoperability support across Europe. As this rollout continues, the feature will become fully available to both BirdyChat and WhatsApp users in the coming months.
Why this matters
Until now, you could only message people who already had a BirdyChat account. If someone was not on the app, they had to download it before you could talk. It slowed down adoption and made it harder to move real work conversations into BirdyChat.
With the new WhatsApp interface mandated by the DMA, any BirdyChat user in the EEA will be able to start a chat with any WhatsApp user in the region simply by knowing their phone number. Your contacts keep using WhatsApp. You stay on BirdyChat. Messages flow both ways.
This removes a big barrier to adopting BirdyChat for work. You no longer need to ask people to switch apps. You can keep work neatly organised in BirdyChat while staying connected to everyone who still relies on WhatsApp.
What interoperability lets you do
Interoperability lets you:
Start 1:1 chats with WhatsApp users using their phone number
Send messages, photos and files
Communicate over an encrypted connection
Use your work email as your identity instead of a personal phone number
This makes it much easier to keep work and personal life separate while staying fully reachable.
How the integration works
WhatsApp introduced Third-Party Chats in Europe earlier this year. BirdyChat connects through this official DMA interface and does not use any workarounds. All communication between BirdyChat and WhatsApp users is end-to-end encrypted.
Currently, BirdyChat supports 1:1 chats, with group chat interoperability coming in a future update.
Availability
This feature will roll out gradually to BirdyChat users across the European Economic Area. For interoperability to work, both you and your WhatsApp contacts need to be based in the EEA. Since WhatsApp is releasing interoperability as part of a gradual rollout, availability may differ slightly from country to country.
Get early access
BirdyChat is invite-only while we scale access. Join the waitlist with your work email to be among the first to try WhatsApp interoperability.
Productively yours,
Team BirdyChat