Last month, we learned that WhatsApp was working on a feature that would let users summarize unread messages in chats, allowing them to catch up on conversations quickly. Well, the development and testing of this feature are now complete, as WhatsApp has officially announced its stable release.
WhatsApp is calling this feature “Message Summaries,” which uses Meta AI to “privately and quickly” summarize unread messages in a chat. The GIF below shows how it works. You can tap on the unread messages count in the chat, and WhatsApp will generate a bulleted summary of the messages.
The Message Summaries feature uses Meta’s Private Processing technology, allowing Meta AI to generate message summaries. WhatsApp claims this technology also ensures third parties can’t read your messages or summaries, not even Meta or WhatsApp. People in the chat can’t see your message summaries either.
Besides, the Message Summaries feature is optional and is turned off by default, and you can use the “Advanced chat privacy” setting to decide which chats can be shared for AI features.
WhatsApp said Message Summaries is available to users in the US in the English language, and it plans to expand the availability to other regions with support for more languages later this year.