OpenAI has brought ChatGPT back to WhatsApp across the European Economic Area and added support for South Korea's Kakao and Rakuten's Viber in select markets, widening the assistant's reach inside the messaging apps people already use every day.
Messaging Reach · OpenAI
ChatGPT Returns to WhatsApp — and Spreads Into Kakao & Viber
OpenAI's assistant is back on WhatsApp across the European Economic Area and now lives inside South Korea's KakaoTalk and Rakuten's Viber in select markets — putting AI directly into the chat apps people already open every day.
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Messaging platforms reached: WhatsApp, KakaoTalk, Viber
Free
Access under Meta's messaging platform terms
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Features: text, image upload, image generation, voice notes, multilingual
A shutdown, then a regulator-driven return
JAN 15, 2026
Cut off from WhatsApp
Meta tightens its Business API policy to restrict general-purpose AI chatbots.
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JUN 9, 2026
EU orders restoration
The European Commission tells Meta to temporarily restore free access for rival AI assistants amid an antitrust review.
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Back & expanding
Reachable via 1-800-CHATGPT in the EEA, plus KakaoTalk and Viber in select markets.
A low-friction on-ramp
Reaches users who may never download a dedicated app, inside channels with very large existing audiences — and competes directly with Meta AI.
Still uncertain
The European revival hinges on the Commission's antitrust outcome, help pages lag the change, and no usage limits or benchmarks have been published.
Verified contact
1-800-CHATGPT · (1-800-242-8478)
Message OpenAI's verified WhatsApp contact to reach the assistant across the EEA — text, images, voice notes and multiple languages, free under the platform's terms.
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