WhatsApp latest update confirms it’s new features

Earlier it
was reported that WhatsApp is working on disappearing messages. As the name
suggests, this feature self-destructs messages after a certain interval of time
set by the user.

The latest
update on WhatsApp shows more development on disappearing messages and dark
mode as well.

WhatsApp
beta version 2.19.348 for Android shows the disappearing messages feature which
has now been renamed to ‘Delete Messages’, WABetaInfo notes. This feature is
currently being worked on and it isn’t available for public beta users as yet.

WhatsApp’s Delete
Messages feature is available for one-to-one and group chats.

This feature
will have a quick switch on/off button in the contact info for chats on
WhatsApp. In group chats only admins will be able to turn this feature on or
off.

As for the
time intervals users have five options to choose from – 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week,
1 month and 1 year. According to the time interval chosen messages sent to that
chat will disappear.

When users
delete messages on WhatsApp a message is displayed – “This message has been
deleted”. But with disappearing messages it will be like the message never
existed.

Disappearing
or self-destructing messages isn’t new and has been available on messaging apps
like Telegram and Signal. WhatsApp is in fact quite late to bring this feature
on board.

This
WhatsApp update also showed that this feature has been developed for dark mode
as well. WhatsApp dark mode is expected to roll out anytime soon with the
feature almost ready.