On Monday, Meta announced six new features it rolled out to WhatsApp users. The thing is, these features might not be that new. The company somewhat confusingly says these features have been added to the app "over the past few months," despite some clearly rolling out only within the past few days.
Perhaps the biggest news of the bunch is support for Live Photos (iOS) and Motion Photos (Android). Before this latest update, these moving photos would simply as static images, so you'd miss out on the extra few seconds of motion and audio. If you wanted to send the full Live Photo or Motion Photo, you needed to choose a different messaging app. No longer!
Document scanning on Android
If you frequently share documents on WhatsApp, this is great news: Android users now have access to the app's built-in document scanner. This feature was previously exclusive to iPhones, so it's good to see it arrive on the Android version as well.
Meta's custom, AI-generated chat themes are now available in WhatsApp. The feature is a bit buried in the "Chat theme" settings, but after tapping "Create with AI," you can ask the bot to generate any type of background you want. If you can't think of anything, Meta AI has a series of pre-generated backgrounds you can use.
That said, WhatsApp is far from the only app to offer AI-generated chat backgrounds. Even Apple's Messages app now does, at least with iOS 26.
Video call backgrounds
You can now search for specific contact names in the main Chats tab, and have WhatsApp return all of the groups you two are in together. I could see this being an easier way to find a group chat that's been buried in your threads: Instead of scrolling or searching for specific messages, just search for the name of someone you know is in the chat.
Additional sticker packs
WhatsApp is also introducing at least two new sticker packs: "Fearless Bird" and "Vacation."
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