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WhatsApp recently introduced its message summaries feature that allows users to quickly catch up the messages that they missed. This feature uses Meta AI to offer you the entire summary of the messages that you missed in the group. Meta AI generates a summary from your last opened chat. According to Meta, to provide the summary, they send the chats to a secured server and to keep it even more secure, they say that the messages are protected by end-to-end encryption (E2EE). Moreover, this feature is only available in selected regions and users right now. Also, note that currently it supports the English language only.

So without any further ado, let’s head into the article where I will tell you how you can use it on your Android or iPhone.

WhatsApp Message Summaries

The message summary is quite a useful feature as there are times when I end up with 100s of messages. And reading all those messages just to catch up to the conversation can be painful. This feature will allow us to catch up to our conversations from where we left off the messages. 

Meta also said that this feature will be disabled for everyone by default, and interested users can enable it for their use. Opting in for it means that you are opting for Meta's new Private Processing technology. Also, you will need an active internet connection in order to get the message summaries as it relies on Meta AI, which runs on the internet.

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How WhatsApp Message Summaries Work?

As per WhatsApp, for the summaries they use end-to-end encryption to keep all your messages, and media safe on the platform. But, to process the summaries, they send the messages to a closed cloud environment called private processing. Moreover, the company claims that they designed the technology with privacy in mind, making it inaccessible to Meta or WhatsApp itself.

And as mentioned above, your phone will require an active internet connection to get the message summaries. The summaries will be displayed for some time after receiving several messages. So you will start getting WhatsApp messages summaries once you opt in for the feature.

Meta also stated that some of the message summaries might be inappropriate or inaccurate. A similar message appears when you use Meta AI on WhatsApp, Instagram, or Facebook. If you want to enable it, you can follow the steps below.

How to Enable or Disable WhatsApp Messages Summaries In Android And iPhone?

To enable WhatsApp Messages summary in your Android or iPhone you just need to follow the steps below:

1. Head to the app on your Android or iPhone.

2. Go to Settings → Chats → Turn on Private Processing.

3. You can toggle it on or off as per your needs and preferences.

Note: If you don’t see the options yet, you might need to wait till the feature is rolled out in your region.

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How to Use Whatsapp Messages Summaries In Your Smartphone?

To use WhatsApp Messages summaries on your smartphone you can simply follow the steps below:

1. Head to WhatsApp on your smartphone.

2. Select any 1:1, or group chat that has multiple unread messages and you need to summarise.

3. Click on the divider that shows you [Number/Group name] unread messages.

4. Read your summary of the chats inside the same chat window.

Final Thoughts

This feature from WhatsApp is quite useful, mainly for people like me who usually miss the group messages. In my opinion, I will not be using this feature as it sends the data to AI, and Meta might use the data to train their AI better. However, as per Meta they have taken measures to keep the chats private and safe, but I prefer precaution. So I will only use it if really necessary, otherwise asking some friend about the summary in the group chat feels more safe to me.