WhatsApp shows nearby stores to chat with them

Indicates that everything is popular Walkway From Share Google Maps is starting to challenge and show that you can send text messages to nearby stores.

That’s right, the search for nearby stores is taking its first steps, though now it is only available in Brazil.

Also, WhatsApp promises to protect Privacy When this feature is available worldwide.

The popular WhatsApp platform has begun to deploy the function of finding nearby small businesses among a few users.

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The most popular messaging app in September promised this innovation as part of its strategy to turn WhatsApp into a shopping platform and work as a link between customers and businesses as Google Maps has already done.

This is how WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcard announced the launch of this new function.

The city of Sவோo Paulo in Brazil has been chosen to initiate this transformation because, as Cathcord describes it, “the home of millions of small businesses.”

It should be noted that this new directory of companies on WhatsApp is still in the development and testing phase.

However, the announcement indicates that the novelty will be released worldwide in the coming months.

It promises to keep in touch with nearby businesses without compromising the privacy of each user.

Above the opening wall of chats, the WhatsApp magnifying glass lets you search for images, files, and other elements sent or received.

This section will include a directory of nearby businesses, as shown in this WABetaInfo image so you can contact them to search for restaurants, grocery stores or clothing stores.

The Meta Messaging app seeks to compete with other services that provide this information, such as Google Maps or TripAdvisor, but adds the opportunity to chat with these companies.

If you feel like eating pizza for dinner, for example, you can look at that new directory, find nearby restaurants, book a table, or request that the order be sent home via chat.

It is worth noting that this functionality, in addition to the emerging messaging application, has others in addition to achieving this goal of acting as a consumer platform.

Once it finds a nearby bakery or jewelry store, WhatsApp seeks to ensure that what is ordered through a payment system such as Pism can be paid through its app.

However, these two functions are not yet available to other states in the world.

People in charge of WhatsApp use this message in various countries to test its usefulness.

In order to collect the large number of businesses that want to appear in the directory and make payments, the application must enter into agreements with major banks, as Bizum has already done.