This year has truly been a battle of tech giants to make their latest chatbots the go-to choice for everyday users. While OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini are currently occupying the top spots, Meta is also catching up by integrating Meta AI into its social media apps: Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. The company aims to make it easy for users to interact with Meta AI chatbots on these popular platforms.
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WhatsApp is testing a new voice chat option for Meta AI
There are many impatient users who don’t want to type long and boring prompts to AI chatbots. To address this, Meta recently released a feature in WhatsApp beta for the latest Android version (2.24.16.10) that allows users to interact with Meta AI via voice messages. WeBetaInfo shed some light on this new voice feature, as previously users could only interact via text and video.
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The publication shared a screenshot that shows a glimpse of a conversation using the new feature. The image shows the voice message option displayed on the right in the Meta AI interface. This screenshot suggests that voice message interactions with the chatbot can be similar to regular interactions.
While Meta has not released any information regarding the languages that Meta AI’s new voice messaging feature will work in, it is expected that Meta will push for multilingual support as it has a large user base in South Asian countries.
This new voice feature raises curiosity about its capabilities. It is unclear whether it will perform functions such as replying to messages and suggesting responses or whether it will be limited to providing voice assistance for web searches and purpose suggestions. If the latter is the case, existing voice assistance on phones could pose a serious challenge to Meta AI. It will be interesting to see how this new feature develops after its launch in the coming months.
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Right now, the voice messaging feature is only available to a small number of beta testers, but it’s likely that more users will be able to use it in the near future.
