WhatsApp tests Writing Help and Ask Meta AI in English beta

WhatsApp is introducing two new artificial intelligence features aimed at helping users write messages and check content without leaving the app, the company announced as parts of a staged rollout to English-speaking users and select beta testers. Writing Help, an AI writing assistant built on Meta’s Private Processing technology, is appearing for users in the United States and several other countries in English. Separately, a new Ask Meta AI shortcut for quicker forwarding to Meta AI is being tested on Android beta builds and will expand to more users in the coming weeks.

Writing Help appears as a pencil icon in the chat input bar and offers users AI-generated rewrites, tone adjustments, and proofreading. The tool offers multiple tones such as professional, funny, and supportive, and typically presents at least three alternative phrasings for a drafted message. Users can accept a suggestion, continue editing, or retain their original text. WhatsApp stresses that the recipient will not be notified when a message has been rewritten using the feature.

The company says Writing Help is optional and turned off by default. To protect user privacy, WhatsApp has integrated the feature...