WhatsApp adds custom names and pictures to Meta AI chats for Android beta testers
WhatsApp is rolling out a feature that lets Android beta testers create custom-named chats with Meta AI, complete with custom profile pictures. The update, reported by WABetaInfo, allows users to start a new AI chat from the overflow menu, assign a name and image, and find it directly in the chat list. A new filter groups all AI chats together. The feature builds on earlier threads introduced…
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Draft recipe ideas with WhatsApp
What you get You can plan trips with AI and organize business topics.
Lets users create custom-named AI chats with profile pictures and filter them.
- Who for
- marketers, sales, founders and support teams
- Cost
- free
- Effort
- minutes
- Already included in
Use it for
- Plan trips with AI
- Draft recipe ideas
- Organize business topics
Watch out Only available to some Android beta testers using version 2.26.44.6
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Key points from the news
- WhatsApp lets Android beta testers create custom-named Meta AI chats with custom profile pictures
- Chats appear directly in the chat list and can be filtered together via a new AI chat filter
- Feature is limited to some beta testers using WhatsApp beta for Android 2.26.44.6 from Google Play Store
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WhatsApp to add custom names, pictures to Meta AI chats
thenews.com.pk · 4 November 2026
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