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Meta Adds AI-Powered Summaries To WhatsApp
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager
Meta’s messaging app WhatsApp announced on Wednesday a new feature called Message Summaries, designed to quickly summarize messages in a chat. The feature is powered by Meta AI and helps users get an overview of the private discussions in group chats or conversations before reading the full messages.
In a rush? Here are the quick facts:
- WhatsApp launched a Meta AI-powered feature called Message Summaries.
- The feature has been designed to quickly summarize messages in chats.
- Meta began to roll out Message Summaries in English in the United States and expects to expand to more regions soon.
According to WhatsApp’s announcement , the new feature keeps users’ conversations private and has begun to roll out in English in the United States. The messaging company, which recently surpassed 3 billion active users worldwide, said it expects to expand the feature to more regions soon.
“Message Summaries uses Private Processing technology, which allows Meta AI to generate a response without Meta or WhatsApp ever seeing your messages or the private summaries,” states the document. “ No one else in the chat can see that you summarized unread messages either.”
Meta emphasized that this is an optional feature, and those who want to test it must activate it through their settings. WhatsApp also noted that through Advanced Chat Privacy, users can choose which conversations they want to include or exclude from AI features.
WhatsApp believes Message Summaries will be especially helpful when users have been offline for several hours—such as after taking a flight without Wi-Fi or when juggling multiple conversations at once.
42 unread messages about the new tennis court location, time change, recap of the last match…now you can catch up with message summaries pic.twitter.com/phr1ku0WPg — WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) June 25, 2025
The messaging app also invited users—particularly those concerned about privacy—to read its engineering blog on AI tools for WhatsApp, as well as the Technical White Paper and Security Guide published on June 10. This week, the White House banned WhatsApp over data concerns, spreading worry among users.
A few days ago, WhatsApp also introduced paid ads on its platform for the first time, appearing in the Updates section.
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- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager
In a rush? Here are the quick facts:
- Ring launched Video Descriptions, an AI-powered feature that sends users text notifications of relevant real-time events occurring at home.
- The new feature started to roll out in the U.S. and Canada.
- The technology raises security concerns over data privacy and security.
Users can expect notifications with simplified descriptions such as “Two people are peering into a white car in the driveway,” or “A person is walking up the steps with a black dog.”
Once the technology understands the customer’s home behaviour, it will be able to provide more relevant notifications. “It will learn the routines of your residence, get smarter, and deliver peace of mind by only notifying you when it is something out of the ordinary,” wrote Siminoff.
However, the methodology and the use of the generative-AI feature also raise security concerns. According to The Register , Ring has faced challenges and legal battles related to data privacy and security, including past incidents involving cybercriminals and rogue employees spying on customers.
The Register asked Ring how data from the new feature will be stored, under what circumstances it might share private information with law enforcement, and how the data is secured. The company did not provide detailed answers. “We do not log the descriptions generated from Video Descriptions,” a Ring spokesperson said.
