WhatsApps new AI-powered writing helper could help you avert another awkward conversation disaster

Date:
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:27:00 +0000

Description:
WhatsApp is rolling out an artificial intelligence writing helper that can check and rephrase your texts.

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has added a new AI-powered Writing Help feature to WhatsApp The tool can rephrase your text or proofread it for errors Its opt-in, so youll need to enable it before you can use it

These days it seems that every app is incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) in some way, and WhatsApp is rolling out a new AI feature that could
help improve your messages and enable you to say exactly what you want to
say.

Meta announced the new Writing Help feature in a blog post . It uses AI to suggest different ways you could phrase a drafted sentence, with options to simply proofread or rephrase the text, or to spruce it up in a more professional, humorous, or supportive manner.

Meta says this AI helper is built upon its Private Processing tech. This is a cloud service that encrypts your requests, meaning neither Meta nor WhatsApp can read them. Meta says it only uses data thats useful for processing the users request. Once your query has been answered, its no longer stored on Metas servers. Meta doesnt say whether your messages are used to train its
AI, though. How to use Writing Help (Image credit: Shutterstock)

The feature isn't available everywhere yet, as Meta says its rolling it out starting in the US and several other countries with more coming later this year. It's also opt-in, so you'll need to enable it first. To do so, open WhatsApp, tap Settings > Chats > Private Processing, then enable the Private Processing feature if you don't see this option then it's not available in your region yet.

To use Writing Help, youll first need to open a thread and draft a message in its text box. Once youve done that, you should see the sticker icon in the chat bar transform into a pencil. Tap this, then choose a writing option or style from the bottom of the app. If youve chosen to rephrase your text,
youll see a range of different choices tap one to have it replace your original draft text.

Note that you dont have to just stick with whatever WhatsApp has suggested,
as you can subsequently edit the new text and make further refinements before sending it.

If you do decide to enable Private Processing and, with it, Writing Help
you might find its a useful way to get across the meaning of what you want to say when you cant quite think of the right words. That might help prevent a rash of awkward conversations where your meaning is misunderstood or misinterpreted. You might also like WhatsApp will now let big businesses
voice call you directly, also adds more AI agents Forget Meta AI WhatsApp
now lets you talk directly to Perplexity and ChatGPT in the app, heres how I tried the new Meta AI app and it's like ChatGPT for people who like to overshare



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/whatsapps-new-ai-powered-wri ting-helper-could-help-you-avert-another-awkward-conversation-disaster


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