Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are here to stay. Oh yes. They are. In November 2022, we only had ChatGPT, but a year and eight months later, these types of applications are appearing in our daily tools. Just as Microsoft has placed Copilot in its Edge browser and Windows operating system, Meta has begun to integrate Meta AI into its WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook.
As we will see later, Meta’s AI assistant is reaching around twenty countries, so it is interesting to discover some ways to get the most out of it. It should be noted that this tool has not yet landed in the European Union. The latter is mainly due to the regulatory pressure that the community block is exerting on the large technology companies that have been called ‘gatekeepers’.
Meta AI, WhatsApp’s latest innovation
While Meta AI is being integrated into the Mark Zuckerberg-led firm’s app ecosystem, in this article we will focus almost exclusively on its capabilities in WhatsApp. Meta AI gives us the possibility of having a Integrated AI chatbot completely in the most used instant messaging application, which can change in some ways the way we communicate. Let’s look at some examples.
1. Write more precise messages
Most of us use WhatsApp on a daily basis, but we don’t always find a way to say what we want to say. AI assistants can become our best allies in these cases. Let’s say we need to remind someone that there will be a meeting tomorrow at 10am. At first, we could write “Remember that we have a meeting tomorrow at 10am”, but we want to change the tone.

“Optimize the tone of the following message to make it more friendly: ‘Remember that we have a meeting tomorrow at 10’”
Since not all Spanish speakers express themselves in the same way, we can also use Meta AI to adapt the message.
“Make a version of your answer in Argentine Spanish”
2. Make summaries and discover the key points of a text
We don’t always have time to read long articles or documents. This becomes more complex when we are trying to enter a field that is not our specialty. Meta AI can help us. In this case, we can use different prompts to ask it to make summaries or highlight the most important points of a link that we pass to it. Here it is important to note that, like other AI, Meta AI can give inaccurate results.
“Tell me the five most important points of this decree/document/web page: [aquí va el enlace enlace]”
3. Use Meta AI to make calculations
As we pointed out a few days ago, Meta AI is powered by Llama 3.1, Meta’s new AI model that stands out for its ability to tackle mathematical problems. We can ask it to solve equations or help us split the dinner bill between friends.
“We spent $120 on a meal. Add a 15% tip and split the bill three ways.”
4. Make creative images to enrich the conversation
Meta AI is not limited to text only. The assistant also allows us to create images directly from the chat window. Here you can unleash your creativity to optimize the prompt. It should be noted that the model does not allow generating certain types of images for security reasons.


“Create an image of a dragon flying over a futuristic city at sunset”
5. Lean on Meta AI to translate texts
One of the most interesting features of AI models is their ability to translate text. You simply need to paste the text in the original language and ask Meta AI to translate it. Since literal translations are not always a good idea, you can also tell the prompt to be more explanatory or even give you different translated versions of the text so you can choose the most appropriate one.


“Translate “七転び八起き” into English and explain its meaning to me in detail.”
6. Find answers to all kinds of questions
While we can use other AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini to find answers, Meta AI is also capable of offering information on a wide range of topics. You can ask it about history, science, technology, art, literature, and more. Although it is important to remember that this model, like others, can reproduce biases, as well as provide erroneous data.
7. Invite the assistant to the conversation


If there is one thing that sets Meta AI apart from the rest of the chatbots currently available, it is its native integration with WhatsApp. From any chat window, you can mention @MetaAI to make its contribution to the conversation. Here we can perform all the tasks mentioned above. So, it can help us create a travel itinerary, create images, or simply search for meaningless answers.
How to activate Meta AI in WhatsApp
Meta AI is rolling out across a variety of territories. In addition to being available in the US and Canada, it’s also coming to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Cameroon. If you’re in one of the supported countries, this tool should appear on WhatsApp any day now. However, you can speed up the process by making sure your app is up to date.
As we mentioned, it is not available in the European Union. However, you can use a trick that we explained in Xataka Basics to try out the assistant in advance. At the moment, there is no announced date for its arrival in the community territory.
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