Multiple news reports have shed some light on various disagreements between Zuckerberg and the cofounders over 'the direction' the platforms would take as Facebook-owned services. The planned integration was reportedly a major impetus for top Facebook executives to leave the company: WhatsApp's founders, Jan Koum and Brian Acton, in May and Instagram's founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, in September.

Encryption helps to protect messages from being visible to outside parties, and it sounds as if the idea is to create a way for Facebook's family of messaging apps to securely communicate with one another while opening up new revenue opportunities that use the integrated platforms.īut the new plans for Facebook's apps haven't been welcomed by everyone at the company, according to The Times. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, has reportedly held several meetings with employees where he has faced questions about his reasoning for the integration, including one where he emphasized the project would be a 'priority' this year.Īs part of the integration, all three apps will incorporate end-to-end encryption into their messaging platforms, The Times says. The unified 'underlying messaging infrastructure' is planned to be finished by late 2019 or early 2020, The Times said. The proposed restructuring of the apps will reportedly allow a user on one of Facebook's platforms, such as WhatsApp, to message with someone with an account on a different Facebook-owned app.

Under new marching orders from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook plans to integrate the messaging services of its three most popular apps, a move that would allow for cross-communication among users on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger, according to The New York Times' Mike Isaac. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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