WhatsApp Beta On Android Finally Lets You Voice Chat With Meta AI Chatbot: How It Works

Meta AI on WhatsApp is slowly getting the power to talk with you and this feature is coming to beta Android users this week. The report comes via the reliable WaBetaInfo, who has seen WhatsApp offer Ask Meta AI anything option that is most likely getting activated using a wake word that we tend to use for Google Assistant or Siri on smartphones.

We have seen WhatsApp test the voice support for Meta AI earlier but it seems the platform ran into some issues, which explains the delay in its public release.

Meta AI Voice Chat For Android: What It Offers

People are using apps like Gemini and ChatGPT to have voice chat with the assistants. WhatsApp is using the Llama 3 powered Meta AI with the similar option, and offers it for billions of its users on the messaging app. So far, Meta AI works using text prompts to generate images, summarise articles or even create a travel itinerary.

The power of voice for these features brings convenience and the popularity of WhatsApp will get more people to try out these AI tools, especially when you don’t need to create an account or login. And it seems Meta has big plans for its voice-powered AI chatbot on the platform. The new voice support will be activated by tapping on the Meta AI icon on WhatsApp.

Reports say Meta AI could have voices borrowed from famous personalities and public figures which makes people feel a lot more immersive during the conversations. The same tipster claims the voice mode will support different pitch, accent and other customisations. We still don’t know if Meta will sign up with popular Hollywood actors for the public voices like Amazon did for Alexa but a similar arrangement cannot be ruled out from the Mark Zuckerberg run company.

It is likely that Meta will bring the voice support to WhatsApp on Android first and eventually extend its availability for the iPhone users.