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WhatsApp tests native support for up to five third-party AI agents

WhatsApp is testing native support for third-party AI agents, letting select Android users connect up to five agents via API keys. Chats are limited to individual conversations and are not end-to-end encrypted.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-08 08:17

The feature is currently rolling out to a select group of Android users and is expected to become more widely available soon. Once enabled, setting up a new bot in WhatsApp generates an API key. Users can paste that key into the platform hosting their agent, and the agent becomes available as a contact in a dedicated chat.

In that conversation, users can send messages to the agent and receive its replies inside WhatsApp. WABetaInfo notes that the agent can only read what the user shares in the chat with it, so it cannot access other conversations, contacts, or media. The integration currently works only in individual chats; agents cannot be added to group chats or communities.

WhatsApp cautions that the agent's responses may be inaccurate and advises users to double-check what it says. Chats with third-party agents are not end-to-end encrypted.

The move comes after many people used platforms such as OpenClaw to connect agents to messaging apps. On WhatsApp, that often led to account bans, while Telegram embraced the trend and became a common testing ground. With native support, WhatsApp could let users interact with remote agents without workarounds.