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WhatsApp Group Messaging

Created by: Twilio

WhatsApp
Conversation
Runtime
Sync
JavaScript

With Twilio's Conversations API, you can implement group chats in WhatsApp, a feature which is not offered natively in WhatsApp's API. With this code sample, you can implement multi-participant chat for up to 50 people that users can opt into and communicate through a single Twilio WhatsApp sender (business profile).

How it works for end users

All interactions happen through a WhatsApp sender (business profile), not a native WhatsApp group
Free-form discussions in the group can happen during 24-hour sessions
Each end user can open up the 24-hour session by sending a message to the business
Suggested: Business can send a quick reply button to the end user asking them to "tap to join the group session"
After 24 hours, the session ends and the end user will not receive any more group messages.

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