WhatsApp testing business chat function

WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new chat tool that will allow businesses to contact WhatsApp users via the messaging services chat feature.

Popular messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly testing new tools that will allow businesses to contact WhatsApp users about services and products they may be interested in, according to an article from Reuters.

The article suggests that a number of companies from the Y Combinator startup incubator program are currently conducting the tests as WhatsApp wishes to identify methods for generating revenue.