Previously, WhatsApp was seen testing AI summaries for unread messages, powered by the parent company’s own Meta AI. Now, the messaging platform has announced that start of the feature’s rollout, though it may take awhile for everyone to get it.
As mentioned in the previous report, the feature was turned off by default, and it looks like WhatsApp has opted to leave it that way, in the name of letting users “always be in control of your experience”. Also being mentioned is the use of Advanced Chat Privacy “to select which chats can be shared for AI features”.
The post on the WhatsApp blog also includes a GIF to illustrate the way it works, at least in a group chat. The onscreen banner which tells you the number of unread messages cycles with another that says “Summarise privately”. Tapping on this, regardless of which state it is in, gives you an idea as to what they are all about, which the app says is “visible only to you”.
Unfortunately, we now get to the caveats of this feature’s rollout. The post notes that WhatsApp is first only rolling out AI summaries to English language users in the US. The Meta subsidiary says that “we hope to bring it to other languages and countries later this year”, but stopped short of providing a date or timeline for this.
(Source: WhatsApp)
