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See the full story · 1 sourcesGo to the 9to5Mac home page Switch site 9to5Toys 9to5Google Logo 9to5Google Electrek Drone DJ Logo DroneDJ Space Explored About Privacy Toggle social menu Toggle dark mode Search for: Submit Toggle search form Forums Store Podcasts Apple@Work Happy Hour 9to5Mac Daily Overtime iPhone iPhone Mac Mac MacBook Pro MacBook Air iMac Mac mini Mac Studio Mac Pro iPad iPad Pro iPad Air iPad mini iPad iPadOS Watch Apple Watch Apple Watch Ultra Apple Health Apple Watch SE Vision Vision Pro visionOS Music and TV Apple Music AirPods HomePod Apple TV Guides Reviews How Tos AAPL Apple Store Apple Arcade Apple Card Apple Silicon Apple One Apple Fitness+ CarPlay Siri HomeKit Toggle dark mode iMessage WhatsApp ChatGPT ChatGPT now lets users create custom iMessage and WhatsApp stickers Marcus Mendes | Aug 24 2026 - 3:15 pm PT 0 Comments Users can turn any photo into an iMessage or WhatsApp sticker, or use images as inspiration to create custom packs. Here are the details.
A few days ago, references found in code showed that OpenAI was working on a feature that would let users create custom stickers in ChatGPT and export them directly to WhatsApp.
Today, OpenAI officially announced the feature, adding that it works with iMessage as well as WhatsApp and supports creating images with transparent backgrounds.
With the new feature, users can upload one or several images from their library. From there, they can ask ChatGPT to turn each image into a sticker, remix them into multiple stickers, and add or remove elements.
Users can also transfer a style from another image or simply describe the style they want in a prompt.
Once the sticker is done, users can tap a “Add to chat apps” button, which lets them export to supported chat apps. Currently, the options are:
It’s worth noting that WhatsApp’s three-sticker minimum is a requirement set by Meta rather than a ChatGPT limitation.
In our tests, simply uploading an image with the prompt “Create an iMessage sticker” was enough to generate an asset with a transparent background and even outpaint the image, restoring the top of the subject’s head that had been cropped out of the original.
After selecting “iMessage” from the “Add to chat apps” menu, the sticker appeared in a dedicated ChatGPT section within the Stickers carousel in Messages.
To learn more about creating stickers for messaging apps with ChatGPT, follow this link .
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Marcus Mendes is a Brazilian tech podcaster and journalist who has been closely following Apple since the mid-2000s.
He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry, hosting a daily podcast for seven years.
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