WhatsApp Beta for Android 2.24.21.31 is here and the Meta-owned messaging app is introducing a new feature which will allow users to search shared images on the web (probably via Google Image or Lens). Previously, WhatsApp tested a feature that let users search shared links on the web. This feature will allows users fact-check the content that usually get altered or contain misinformation. By using the search links on the web, users will be able to see if an article is authentic and contains true information or not.
Now WhatsApp is working on extending this feature to images too. Users will be able to search images on the web that have been shared on WhatsApp. This way users will be able to verify if the image they are seeing is true or not. To search images on the web, users will have to click on the image and then the three dots that appear at the far right corner. By clicking the three dots, they will be able to see a “search in web” option.
When users click on it, it will initiate a search on Google for that image. If it is available on Google, users will be able to get better/contextual ideas about it. Keep in mind that the picture won’t be shared with WhatsApp which means that user privacy won’t be neglected during this process. Users will be able to easily identify the source of images using this feature, which will help them to find out if an image is AI created or altered in any way.
This feature is going to be available to users in the next update of WhatsApp. Users will have entire control over this feature. This means that only they would be able to initiate the search for images on the web. The images searched on the web can be from anyone, whether it is closed contact or a forwarded message.
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Now WhatsApp is working on extending this feature to images too. Users will be able to search images on the web that have been shared on WhatsApp. This way users will be able to verify if the image they are seeing is true or not. To search images on the web, users will have to click on the image and then the three dots that appear at the far right corner. By clicking the three dots, they will be able to see a “search in web” option.
When users click on it, it will initiate a search on Google for that image. If it is available on Google, users will be able to get better/contextual ideas about it. Keep in mind that the picture won’t be shared with WhatsApp which means that user privacy won’t be neglected during this process. Users will be able to easily identify the source of images using this feature, which will help them to find out if an image is AI created or altered in any way.
This feature is going to be available to users in the next update of WhatsApp. Users will have entire control over this feature. This means that only they would be able to initiate the search for images on the web. The images searched on the web can be from anyone, whether it is closed contact or a forwarded message.
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