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Facebook brings shopping to WhatsApp, adds AR features

Wednesday 23 June 2021 | 09:26 CET | News
Facebook is expanding its push into e-commerce with new ways for shopping across its apps. Businesses in select countries will be able to showcase their shops in WhatsApp, and in the US, the Shops format will be available on Facebook's Marketplace. The company said it already gets over 300 million monthly Shops visitors and over 1.2 million monthly active Shops on its other apps.

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Facebook / Instagram / WhatsApp
Countries: World
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