Available today
Meta Cloud API. Text, images, documents, reply buttons, lists, CTA links,
location, contacts, templates.
Website widget
An embeddable panel. Renders structured blocks — cards, lists, options,
checklists — rather than plain text.
What this means for your tools
Your tools are channel-agnostic — the same tool is called on every channel and returns the same result. The platform decides how the reply is rendered.Delivery rules you inherit
The 24-hour window
The 24-hour window
Outside it, WhatsApp permits only approved templates. The platform checks
before generating a reply — so a tool may be called in a conversation
whose answer is then delivered late, or as a template.
Burst coalescing
Burst coalescing
Three quick messages become one turn, not three. Your tool sees the
combined intent.
Human takeover
Human takeover
A person replying from the WhatsApp Business app switches the session to
human control and the assistant stops. Tools are not called while a human
holds the thread.
Media
Voice notes are transcribed before the turn. Images are not interpreted — there is no vision path, so a photo arrives as a note asking the customer to describe what they need.If your product can identify something from a photo, that is a strong case
for a tool. Talk to us: it needs a media path on the platform side as well.

