After ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot will also leave WhatsApp next month: here’s why

Microsoft has announced that its Copilot AI chatbot will be leaving WhatsApp from 15 January 2026, while noting that it is working to ensure a smooth transition for users and enable them to continue to use the chatbot on other platforms. The announcement by Microsoft comes shortly after OpenAI had also confirmed that ChatGPT would be leaving WhatsApp in January.

The chatbots are being forced to leave WhatsApp after Meta quietly updated its business API policy, which in essence banned all general-purpose AI chatbots on the platform except Meta AI.