Phone number setup

Connecting your own WhatsApp Business number is not available yet. Today there is nothing to set up: Bird provides managed phone numbers and a set of pre-registered templates, so you can send without registering anything with Meta.

Every message goes out from one of Bird's numbers, chosen by the template's category and your region: authentication templates send from a dedicated authentication number, while utility and marketing templates share a notification number. A send has no from field; see Category and sender.

The Numbers page in the dashboard lists the managed numbers available to your workspace. The number a specific message used is on the message itself, in the from field of the send response and in the message log.

When bring-your-own-number support arrives, this page will cover connecting a WhatsApp Business number to your workspace. The WhatsApp pages in the dashboard offer a notify-me option for when custom senders and templates become available.