Popular messaging platform WhatsApp is about to get its biggest change since it was bought by Facebook.

WhatsApp Business is a completely different application that will be designed from the ground up to enable customers and companies to communicate. The move is the biggest change in the application since it was purchased by social media giant Facebook.

According to Express UK, the new service allows Facebook to monetise the extremely popular messaging app.

Photo: Android Police

An Android Police report says that WhatsApp Business will be a standalone listing on the Google Play Store. The report did not make mention whether this will be the same case with Apple's App Store. Another nifty feature coming to WhatsApp Business is the ability to link a landline phone number to use the app.

Source: Khaleej Times