- Meta has added a new writing assistance function fed by AI in Whatsapp
- The tool can reformulate your text or reread it for errors
- It’s opt-in, you will therefore have to activate it before you can use it
Nowadays, it seems that each application incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) in one way or another, and WhatsApp deploys a new AI feature that could help improve your messages and allow you to say exactly what you mean.
Meta announced the new functionality of writing aid in a blog article. He uses AI to suggest different ways to formulate a written sentence, with options to simply reread or reformulate the text, or to embellish it in a more professional, humorous or favorable way.
Meta says this AI assistance is built on its private treatment technology. This is a cloud service that encrypts your requests, which means that neither Meta nor Whatsapp can read them. Meta says that it only uses data “which is useful for processing user’s demand”. Once your request is answered, it is no longer stored on Meta servers. Meta does not say if your messages are used to form her AI, however.
How to use writing help
The functionality is not yet available everywhere, because Meta says that it deploys it from the United States and “several other countries” with others to come “later this year”. It is also opt, so you will have to activate it first. To do this, open WhatsApp, press Settings> Cats> Private treatment, then activate the private treatment function – if you do not see this option, it is not yet available in your region.
To use the writing help, you will first have to open a thread and write a message in its text box. Once you have done this, you should see the sticker icon in the cat bar turned into a pencil. Press this, then choose a writing option or a style at the bottom of the application. If you have chosen to rephrase your text, you will see a different range of choices – press one to have your original text project replaced.
Note that you don’t have to stick to what WhatsApp suggested, as you can then modify the new text and make other refinements before sending it.
If you decide to activate private treatment – and with it, from writing help – you may find a useful way to cross the meaning of what you mean when you can’t really think about the right words. This could help prevent an eruption of delicate conversations where your meaning is poorly understood or misinterpreted.
