The WhatsApp application allows you to do many things. For example, scanning a document from the mobile application.
Since the beginning of 2024, WhatsApp has offered significant developments to enrich the user experience. And lately, its users have the ability to scan a document through the application.
WhatsApp: an application focused on innovation
Among the innovations on WhatsApp, it is good to talk about the personalization of chat windows. This allows users to adapt the appearance to individual preferences.
In April 2024, an AI-based smart assistant was integrated into the application. With this innovation, users can ask questions or perform tasks such as generating images.
This thus reinforces the interactivity and the possibilities offered by the platform. Another new feature is a functionality for transcribing voice messages into text.
Practical in contexts where listening to audio is difficult, it therefore makes it possible to simplify greatly exchanges. WhatsApp has therefore also launched an automatic message translation function.
This therefore facilitates conversations between people speaking different languages. Although still in developmentthe latter promises to promote international interactions.
In accordance with the Digital Markets Act of the European UnionWhatsApp therefore introduced the possibility of receiving messages from third-party applications. Like Telegram or Messenger.
New features
This functionality, which is still rare, therefore aims to centralize communications on one platform. Video calls have also benefited from improvements.
Since December 2024, it has been possible to select specific participants in the within a group. And also to use visual effects, making the experience more immersive.
Finally, WhatsApp has adapted to user expectations with conditions of use updated. This reinforces strong privacy and security policies.
At the same time, OpenAI launched ChatGPT on WhatsApp, a integration accessible for free via a dedicated number. This simplified version is called GPT-4o Mini.
It therefore allows intuitive textual exchanges, but is limited to basic tasks like the generation text or translation. These advances mark a continued desire for innovation, promising a year 2025 rich in new features.
And that's not the only novelty. Indeed, WhatsApp continues to enrich its application with new features thanks to Meta's messaging, which recently added an option to scan documents directly from the application.
Scanning your documents on WhatsApp is possible
Currently only available on iPhone, this method is activated by pressing the + icon located next to the text box in a conversation. Then simply choose Document, then Scan the document.
The camera then opens, allowing you to frame and scan the document. Scanning starts automatically after a few seconds of immobility, and the user can adjust the margins if necessary.
This new option drastically facilitates document sharing. No more need for go through the app Notes or a third-party solution.
Once the document has been scanned and saved, it can be sent directly to the chosen conversation. With the possibility of adding a caption before sending to provide precise elements.
The scanned document is sent in PDF format in the conversation, where it can be viewedprinted. Or shared again (e.g. via email) by tapping on it and clicking the share option.
As L’Éclaireur Fnac points out, this method can also be used to share documents with yourself, using the Discussions tab to send content to yourself. A new option that is useful both in a personal and professional setting, so don't hesitate to use it.
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