Programmable Messaging | Sep. 30, 2020

WhatsApp Template Console Redesign & Translation Support

As part of Twilio's support for WhatsApp Business API being made Generally Available, Twilio has redesigned the templates console experience and added support for translations. Here's what's new:

Message templates now have a dedicated page. Navigate to Programmable Messaging > Senders > WhatsApp Templates to submit and view your templates.

Support for translations. Each message template now supports multiple versions across different languages. Instead of submitting one new template for each language, you can now add multiple translations under a single template. WhatsApp limits each account to 250 templates by default, but each template can now contain multiple languages, so this significantly expands the number of messages available to sent as notifications.

Template naming. You can now name each template. This provides context to your template submission and can increase your chances of approval with WhatsApp.

For more info about WhatsApp message templates, please refer to this article.

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