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Conversational Components

Updated: Mar 27, 2026
Conversational components are in-chat features that you can enable on business phone numbers. They make it easier for WhatsApp users to interact with your business. You can configure easy-to-use commands and provide pre-written ice breakers that users can tap.

Limitations

If a WhatsApp user taps a universal link? (that is, wa.me link) configured with pre-filled text, the user interfaces for ice breakers are automatically dismissed.

Configure using WhatsApp Manager (WAM)

You can configure all of these features in WhatsApp Manager on the specific numbers you choose:
    Navigate to the My Apps dashboard in the Meta for Developers site.Select your app, then on the left panel select Configuration under WhatsApp.Under Phone Numbers select Manage Phone Numbers.On the far right of the phone number you want to configure, select the Gear Icon under Settings.Select Automations.Access and configure Conversational Components.
    Solution Partners can configure these features for their customers as well if they have access to their customer's WhatsApp Business Account in WhatsApp Manager.

    Testing

    To test conversational components once they have been configured, open the WhatsApp client and open a chat with your business phone number.
    For ice breakers, if you already have a chat thread going with the business phone number, you must first delete the chat thread:
      Open the thread in the WhatsApp client.Tap the business phone number's profile.Tap Clear Chat > Clear All Messages.Delete Chat.Start a new chat thread with this business.
      You can then send a message to the business phone number to test your ice breakers.