WhatsApp is now bringing a brand new functionality for its Android beta testers that permits them to scan paperwork immediately from the app, a function that has been accessible to the app’s iOS customers for the previous a number of months. The brand new function ends the necessity to depend on third-party doc scanners as WhatsApp itself creates photographs into paperwork that may be shared with totally different contacts.
With the brand new function, WhatsApp will carry a extra streamlined document-sharing expertise to its customers by permitting them to seamlessly scan, convert and share paperwork in PDF format, decreasing the effort of switching between totally different apps.
The function was first noticed in WhatsApp beta for Android model 2.25.18.29, the place it remained inactive owing to being nonetheless underneath growth.
Nevertheless, the function is now seemingly being rolled out to beta testers at giant, with many customers reporting getting access to the brand new function after putting in the most recent replace from the Google Play Retailer.
After the most recent replace, a brand new ‘Scan Document’ choice now seems alongside the present ‘Browse Paperwork’ and ‘Select from gallery’ choices within the attachment menu. Clicking on the brand new choice will open your Android gadget’s digicam and immediate customers to click on photographs for doc sharing.
Notably, WhatsApp additionally permits customers to place their cellphone accurately for doc sharing by giving them handbook and automated choices. Below the handbook choice, customers can take management over which components they need chosen for doc scanning, whereas in automated mode, WhatsApp detects the perimeters of the doc with the intention to present an instantaneous document-sharing expertise.
In different associated information, WhatsApp additionally rolled out a brand new AI-powered function earlier this week that summarises private chats of customers. The Meta AI-backed function permits the private messaging app to create a bullet-point abstract of chats with the intention to present customers with a common thought of what the dialog is about earlier than diving additional.
