WhatsApp reportedly testing AI image expansion feature for iPhone
The tool may let users extend photos into vertical 9:16 format before sharing them as Status updates.
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Story- WhatsApp is reportedly testing an AI image expansion feature for iPhone users.
- The feature may use Meta AI to extend photos and convert them to vertical 9:16 format.
- It could make landscape and square photos easier to share full-screen as Status updates.
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WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new AI-powered feature for iPhone that lets users expand photos inside the app before they share them. WhatsApp has not confirmed it.
The tool would use Meta AI, the company's AI assistant, to generate extra content around an existing image. The result would be converted into a vertical 9:16 format, the shape used for phone screens and WhatsApp Status updates.
What the feature could do
The change would make it easier to post landscape and square photos as full-screen Status updates. Normally, such images appear with blank bars around them on a phone screen. Expanding the picture would fill that space.
How the expansion would work in detail, how much it would change a photo, and whether users would be able to edit the result have not been described.
Part of a wider push
Meta has been adding AI tools across its apps, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. Image editing is one of the areas where such tools are spreading fastest. It is not known whether this feature is linked to any other Meta product.
What is not yet known
WhatsApp has not announced the feature, and no release date has been given. It is also unclear whether the test will reach all iPhone users or only a small group. Android users have not been mentioned.
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