OpenAI Testing ChatGPT Feature to Export Custom Stickers Directly to WhatsApp
An APK teardown of ChatGPT's Android app reveals a hidden 'ChatGPT Stickers' feature that would let users create custom stickers and export them directly into WhatsApp as sticker packs. The feature is unreleased and its public launch timeline is unknown.
OpenAI is developing a feature that would let ChatGPT users create custom stickers and export them directly into WhatsApp, according to strings uncovered in a teardown of the ChatGPT Android app by Android Authority.
The feature is internally named "ChatGPT Stickers" and includes an option to "Add to chat apps," with WhatsApp currently the only supported destination. Discovered app strings include: "ChatGPT Stickers," "Add to chat apps," "Add to WhatsApp," "WhatsApp (3 minimum)," "Couldn't add stickers to WhatsApp," and "Download stickers."
How it would work
Based on the uncovered strings, users would generate stickers within ChatGPT and then tap an "Add to WhatsApp" option to package them as a custom sticker pack inside the messaging app. The interface references a three-sticker minimum, which Android Authority notes is a WhatsApp platform requirement for sticker packs rather than a restriction imposed by OpenAI. A "Download stickers" option also appears, suggesting users could save stickers locally in addition to exporting them to WhatsApp.
This would put ChatGPT in direct competition with Meta's own AI sticker tool. WhatsApp already offers AI-generated stickers through Meta AI, which creates images from text prompts natively inside the app. If OpenAI ships this feature, ChatGPT users would gain a way to route AI-generated content into WhatsApp without leaving the OpenAI ecosystem — despite WhatsApp being a Meta product.
Confirmed vs. unconfirmed
What's confirmed: the app strings exist in the current build of ChatGPT's Android app, as documented by Android Authority's teardown. What's unconfirmed: whether, when, or in what form OpenAI will release this feature publicly. APK teardowns frequently surface code for features that are later shelved, delayed indefinitely, or significantly altered before launch. OpenAI has not made any public statement confirming the feature, its rollout timeline, or which platforms beyond WhatsApp it might eventually support.
What this means
Sticker creation and export is a low-stakes but high-frequency use case — the kind of feature that drives daily engagement even if it doesn't move usage metrics for OpenAI's core products. Integrating directly with WhatsApp, the world's most-used messaging app with over 2 billion users, would give ChatGPT a foothold in a workflow currently dominated by Meta AI's native tools.
The strategic wrinkle is that WhatsApp is owned by Meta, a direct AI competitor to OpenAI. If OpenAI ships this integration, it would mean users can generate content with ChatGPT and pipe it into a Meta-owned surface, effectively using WhatsApp's sticker infrastructure as a distribution channel for OpenAI-generated media. Whether Meta would restrict or allow this at scale is an open question — platform-level integrations between competing AI companies are rarely frictionless, and Meta could change WhatsApp's API behavior at any time.
For now, this remains speculative based on unreleased code. No pricing, release date, or platform expansion beyond WhatsApp has been disclosed.
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