10 years of WhatsApp under Meta ownership: Feels like one long day
WhatsApp is one of the biggest names among thepopular instant messaging apps on Android. What started out as the realization of a pipe dream for Brian Acton and Jan Koum in 2009 became a formidable and free-to-use rival for conventional SMS and email. WhatsApp began life as a standard instant messaging app, but on July 19, 2025, social media titan Meta, then known as Facebook, acquired the company outright. This month marks 10 years of the landmark acquisition, so we are looking back at how the change in ownership benefited the brand and shaped the business through tumultuous times and amid ever-growing competition....