WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform owned by Meta, continues to work on new features designed to make the user experience more and more personalized and engaging.
In the first part of the year, the app welcomed numerous significant news that shaped its user experience and introduced loved functions and other controversial; Before starting with today’s news, we advise you to take a look at our Recap of the four most interesting (and annoying) news of WhatsApp in 2025.
With the latest update of the version 2.25.22.27 of WhatsApp Beta for Android, available through the Google Play Store, an unprecedented function has emerged that will allow users of Connect a officially verified Instagram link to your WhatsApp profile.
An instrument also integrated through the Meta Accounts Center, the platform that centralizes the management of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts.
A more reliable connection between the Meta app, the news of WhatsApp during the test phase
At present, any user can enter any Instagram link in the section of his WhatsApp profile, even if he has no relationship with that account.
Anyone who could insert the link to the official WhatsApp account on Instagram, giving the impression of a fade that does not exist.
With the new function, however, a verification system will be introduced that allows WhatsApp of confirm that the user is actually the owner of the Instagram account indicated in the aforementioned link. Only after this verification will the link appear with a label that certifies its authenticity.
How the verification with the Accounts Center will work
The fulcrum of the novelty is the Meta Accounts Centerthat is, platform introduced by Meta to simplify the unified management of the accounts and settings on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and which lately is increasingly appointed by virtue of these company cross-platform innovations.
Therefore, by connecting your profiles through this tool, you can:
- Activate the Instagram profile check on WhatsApp;
- Confirm the digital identity between multiple platforms;
- Enable the single sign-on (single access) between the various apps;
- Manage Avatar and personalized preferences by a single digital place.
In the specific case of WhatsApp, once the Instagram account is connected via the Accounts Center, you can add the relative link to your profile and receive a verification badge which attends its authenticity.
Despite the introduction of this verification mechanism, WhatsApp reassures that will continue to allow theaddition of un verageted linksprecisely to respect the will of users who do not want to connect their account in a destination deeply but simply connect a link to a third party page, if not necessarily their profile.
The connection via Accounts Center will remain entirely optionaland those who prefer can still show an Instagram link, even without the verification badge.
Whatsapp thus follows a trend already started by other platforms, such as Discord, which has long been allowing to verify and show certified connections to your profile. In an era in which digital identity can be easily counterfeited, offering transparent verification tools has become essential.
For the moment, the verification system is limited to Instagram, but it is not excluded that in the future it can also be extended to other social networks, indeed it is highly probable.
Facebook, for example, is already part of the Accounts Center, and Meta may also decide to integrate LinkedIn, Threads, or even X, to offer a complete overview of the digital identity of users within WhatsApp.
In conclusion, the introduction of a function to connect Instagram links verified to the WhatsApp profile marks a significant step forward towards one greater authenticity and transparency in digital communications. It is a concrete response to a real problem or the improper use of links and online identity.
The function is still being developed, and it is not clear when it will be released to the public. Being a feature that emerged in a beta and still in the development phase, it is possible that the rollout starts first in some countries or in experimental form, and then gradually extend.
How to download/update WhatsApp or try the news in preview
To download WhatsApp On an Android device or update the app to the latest version available, it will be sufficient to reach the app on the Google Play Store (via the Badge below) and make a tap on “Install” or “Update”.
Instead, in the event that you are eager to try the preview news that will arrive on the app in the future (such as the possibility of changing the theme of chats), you can contact the Beta App program (the page dedicated to the program can be reached via this link) and download WhatsApp Beta for Android.
In the event that the Beta program was temporarily fully, you can still proceed with the manual installation of the related apk files, downloadable from the portal Apk mirror (whose dedicated page can be reached by clicking on this link).
