WhatsApp could now work with voice commands, but it was not a feature of the app. It is now being prepared a new feature that will allow users to interact with their Meta AI smart assistant using voice commands. This functionality not available yet since it is a work in development and only available to some beta testers on Android versions. I'll tell you everything we know about it. The future of voice commands on WhatsApp.
You can control WhatsApp without touching the mobile screen
According to a report published on the portal WaBetaInfo, which studies the features of the WhatsApp beta on both Android and iOS, has discovered a new feature that will allow users to interact with its artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, using voice commands. This novelty has been seen, for the moment, only on Android systems.
A new feature, which sounds promising from what we have been able to learn, will allow us to control many options without touching the screen. Actions like starting video calls or generating images with Meta AI will be easier than ever with the new WhatsApp voice commands.
It also appears that work is being done on the Possibility of customizing the voice used by Meta AI to suit the user's taste. And in terms of privacy, when this functionality is “listening” will provide a visual cue that sound is being recordedThis way you will know when WhatsApp voice commands are active and when they are not. This will prevent it from listening all the time like other assistants like Siri can do.
And if at any time you want to stop this mode, you can always do so. switching to writing mode from a button located above the new chat button, as we can see in the image above (image originally published by WaBetaInfo). We will see that when the functionality is finally launched on all mobile devices.
Available in America but not yet in Europe
You should know that, as this is a function still in development, Details are still missing about WhatsApp's new voice commands. And as is often the case in these cases, the test is restricted to a few countries and cannot be accessed from anywhere in the world. In fact, Right now it is only accessible from the United States of America and a few Latin American countries..
However, although the rest of the countries cannot carry out tests with this new functionality in the testing phase, It is expected that we will be able to use it globally very soon., or at least in Europe.
What do you think? Are you worried that WhatsApp might record what you say when using voice commands, or do you think we're already used to virtual assistants like Alexa? If you are worried about this, you can always rest assured that you can prevent your phone from listening to you.
