--- title: Hidden code in ChatGPT’s Android app suggests OpenAI is... description: An APK teardown of ChatGPT's Android app by Android Authority uncovered hidden code referencing an 'Add to WhatsApp' option in the sharing menu. The unreleased... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hidden-code-in-chatgpt-s-android-app-suggests-openai-is-building-a-direct-whatsapp-sticker-export-yt1a5zqiz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hidden code in ChatGPT’s Android app suggests OpenAI is building a direct WhatsApp sticker export | daily.dev og:description: An APK teardown of ChatGPT's Android app by Android Authority uncovered hidden code referencing an 'Add to WhatsApp' option in the sharing menu. The unreleased... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hidden-code-in-chatgpt-s-android-app-suggests-openai-is-building-a-direct-whatsapp-sticker-export-yt1a5zqiz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yT1A5zqiz.png og:image:alt: Hidden code in ChatGPT’s Android app suggests OpenAI is building a direct WhatsApp sticker export og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hidden code in ChatGPT’s Android app suggests OpenAI is building a direct WhatsApp sticker export **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An APK teardown of ChatGPT's Android app by Android Authority uncovered hidden code referencing an 'Add to WhatsApp' option in the sharing menu. The unreleased feature would let users generate stickers from text prompts inside ChatGPT and export them directly to WhatsApp in the correct sticker format, bypassing the current multi-step manual process of background removal and third-party tools. OpenAI has not announced the feature, and it is not yet live. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What did the ChatGPT Android APK teardown reveal about a WhatsApp integration? An APK teardown by Android Authority found code referencing an 'Add to WhatsApp' option in ChatGPT's sharing menu. The hidden feature would let users generate images from text prompts and export them directly as WhatsApp stickers, replacing the current multi-step process of generating an image, removing its background, saving it locally, and importing it into a third-party sticker tool. The feature is not live and has not been announced by OpenAI. _Developers and product watchers tracking ChatGPT's evolving feature set find early signals like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out](https://daily.dev/posts/leak-confirms-openai-is-preparing-ads-on-chatgpt-for-public-roll-out-cutxlhdm9) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [OpenAI plans ChatGPT ‘super app’](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-plans-chatgpt-super-app--8509grbg2) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [WhatssApp changes its terms to bar general purpose chatbots from its platform](https://daily.dev/posts/whatssapp-changes-its-terms-to-bar-general-purpose-chatbots-from-its-platform-9alr5sve0) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hidden-code-in-chatgpt-s-android-app-suggests-openai-is-building-a-direct-whatsapp-sticker-export-yt1a5zqiz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Hidden code in ChatGPT’s Android app suggests OpenAI is building a direct WhatsApp sticker export","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hidden-code-in-chatgpt-s-android-app-suggests-openai-is-building-a-direct-whatsapp-sticker-export-yt1a5zqiz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hidden-code-in-chatgpt-s-android-app-suggests-openai-is-building-a-direct-whatsapp-sticker-export-yt1a5zqiz"},"datePublished":"2026-08-09T08:20:04.788Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T19:56:00.458Z","description":"An APK teardown of ChatGPT's Android app by Android Authority uncovered hidden code referencing an 'Add to WhatsApp' option in the sharing menu. 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