Published By: Soham Halder

Say What? WhatsApp to Bring Real-Time Voice Chats with Meta AI; Check-out the Next Big Convo Feature

Get ready for the ultimate next-gen chat experience through WhatsApp!

With every passing day, our conversation features are getting updated due to integration of artificial intelligence. WhatsApp was meant for text-based interaction. Now it's time for a totally new experience of real time chat with Meta AI through WhatsApp. Let's find out what's in store for us.

Advanced Conversion Feature:

The Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is planning to bring a brand new Meta AI feature that will permit users to “direct and efficient exchange of information or queries via voice” with an aim of streamlining the process. Meanwhile, numerous Meta AI features have already been introduced in WhatsApp over the last couple of months.

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Voice Chat Mode: This innovative voice chat feature will allow users to communicate with Meta AI in an advanced, intuitive as well as rapid manner via real-time voice interactions. This will provide an effortless hands-free communication.

About the Technology: According to the WABetaInfo report, “this upcoming feature will enhance the user experience by adding capabilities like turning on captions and transcriptions. These will convert speech into text in the conversation with the chatbot.”

Similar to Copilot and ChatGPT in text mode, the available configurations will come as ‘Full’ and ‘Brief’.

When the user will opt for detailed or comprehensive responses, ‘Full’ mode will be helpful. For short or to-the-point responses, users can opt for ‘Brief’ option. As per some recent updates, users would be given the option to choose different voices for Meta AI. This customisation will help users to have more natural and personalised experience.

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An advantageous Feature for Disabled People: “This feature can be especially advantageous for individuals with hearing difficulties or those who prefer visual communication, as it provides an alternative to auditory interactions and allows them to engage with Meta AI in a more comfortable and accessible way,” WABetaInfo report mentioned.

Currently, WhatsApp is allowing some selected beta users on Android to check the feature and waiting for their feedback. It's not clear if this feature will be available in different languages or only in English.

Google Pixel-like voice Transcription:

Last month, WABetaInfo reported; “Meta is testing a Google Pixel-like voice transcription feature for voice messages on WhatsApp.” This feature will permit users to observe a “textual transcription of both incoming and outgoing audio notes,” as per WABetaInfo. This feature is also under beta testing phase for generating transcriptions in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Hindi languages.

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About Meta AI Imagine me:

This is another exciting feature coming up from Meta AI. This will help users to generate an advanced AI-powered images. It will help users “to take a single set of photos, which will be created with the help of Meta AI,” as reported by WABetaInfo.

The setup photos taken by users will be analysed to generate those images. This will ensure the generated images to accurately match with the expectations. Users will be allowed to generate an image by typing "Imagine me" through Meta AI chat.

What was believed to impossible 5 years ago, seems to be within our limits now. We are eagerly waiting for such exciting new features.