{
  "id": 3186218,
  "title": "ChatGPT can now turn your photos into custom iMessage and WhatsApp stickers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/chatgpt-can-now-turn-your-photos-into-custom-imessage-and-whatsapp",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-25T04:32:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Digital Trends",
    "slug": "digital-trends",
    "url": "https://www.digitaltrends.com/phones/chatgpt-can-now-turn-your-photos-into-custom-imessage-and-whatsapp-stickers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI has recently introduced a playful feature to ChatGPT, allowing users to convert any photo from their library into a custom sticker with a transparent background. To begin, users can navigate to the Images section in the sidebar, select Stickers, and upload one or multiple photos. Users can then choose from various sticker styles, such as 3D, hand-drawn, holographic, comic book, and anime. They have the option to convert images one by one or create a pack of stickers from several images. Additionally, users can modify elements within the image before it becomes a sticker. If a user is satisfied with a particular image, they can adopt its style to create a new sticker or describe the desired style, and ChatGPT will generate the sticker accordingly. The generated stickers can be exported, with three options available: WhatsApp, which has a three-sticker limit due to Meta's requirement, and two for iMessage and WhatsApp, both of which retain the transparent background feature.",
  "summary": "ChatGPT can now turn your photos into custom stickers with transparent backgrounds, ready to send straight to iMessage or WhatsApp.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "ChatGPT now lets users create custom iMessage and WhatsApp stickers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/chatgpt-now-lets-users-create-custom-imessage-and-whatsapp-stickers",
        "published": "2026-08-24T22:15:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "ChatGPT Launches AI Sticker Packs for Mobile Users In India: Custom Prompts & How To Create Them",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/chatgpt-launches-ai-sticker-packs-for-mobile-users-in-india-custom",
        "published": "2026-08-25T05:53:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Bad news: ChatGPT Plus users have annoying limits to slow them down once again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/bad-news-chatgpt-plus-users-have-annoying-limits-to-slow-them-down",
        "published": "2026-08-25T07:11:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}