India playing key role in designing new Facebook products

NEW DELHI: Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday said that India is playing a crucial role in designing its products ranging from the launch of Reels on Instagram and Watch on Facebook and Payments on WhatsApp for the global market.

“The largest communities for Facebook and WhatsApp are in India and Instagram is getting there. This makes India a key market to test and roll our new features from here,” the company said. In November, WhatsApp received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to roll out its payments services in the country, while Instagram has successfully attracted a large chunk kfy TikTok users after its access was banned by the Centre earlier this year.