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Changes in functionality when enabling WhatsApp Coexistence with Darwin AI

List of features that change or become unavailable when connecting WhatsApp Business with Darwin AI using Coexistence.

Nahuel Gomez avatar
Written by Nahuel Gomez
Updated over 2 months ago

Cuando conectas tu número de WhatsApp Business a Darwin AI usando la función de coexistencia, algunas funcionalidades de la aplicación de WhatsApp cambian o dejan de estar disponibles. Este artículo resume qué puedes seguir usando y qué se verá afectado.


✅ Features that remain available

These functions continue to work normally both in the WhatsApp Business app and in Darwin AI:

Functionality

Available in the app

Available in Darwin AI

Individual chats (1:1)

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Contacts

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

In Darwin AI, 1:1 chats that have been active in the last 6 months can be synced, and messages are mirrored on both sides (app and platform).


⚠️ Features that will no longer be available or will change

Below are the functions that will no longer be available or that change once the number is connected to Darwin AI via API (coexistence).

Functionality

Changes with coexistence

¿Disponible en Darwin AI?

Group chats

Remain in the app, but are not synced

❌ No

Disappearing messages

Disabled for all 1:1 chats

❌ No

View-once messages

Disabled

❌ No

Live location

Disabled

❌ No

Broadcast lists

Disabled. Existing ones can only be read

❌ No

Voice and video calls

Only available from the mobile app

❌ No

Business tools (catalog, etc.)

Only available in the app

❌ No

Automated messages, labels, etc.

Only manageable from the app

❌ No

Business profile

Remains visible, but not editable via API

❌ No


📌 Usage recommendations

To keep contact and conversation management centralized and efficient, we recommend your team handle interactions from the Darwin AI platform, where:

• The history of 1:1 conversations is preserved.

• The team can take over conversations initiated by the AI.

• All follow-up is performed in an integrated way.


If you have questions about how this affects your support flow, contact the Darwin team via the WhatsApp group.

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