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The company that belongs to Meta introduced the temporary messages, which are automatically deleted, in November 2020.
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Also in August 2021, the messaging application implemented a similar measure for multimedia files.
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This feature is under development, so the final version may change.
WhatsApp the instant messaging platform continues to make new changes and updates to its interface, to improve the experience it offers its users, so now it will now allow you to save temporary messages.
According to data from Statista, WhatsApp registers more than 2,000 million users at least once a month. This number of users makes the messaging application the second most used interpersonal digital communication channel after the social network Facebook, which has 2,498 million monthly users.
Likewise, the Statista platform indicated that the application had in France as of 2021, the highest growth in downloads from the Apple App Store. Downloads of the messaging app were up almost 39 percent compared to the previous quarter that year.
WhatsApp and its new feature for iOS users
The digital platform announced that it is developing a new feature for iOS users that will allow them to save temporary messages after the display period established by the sender has expired.
Likewise, he informed that these deadlines can be 24 hours, 7 or 90 days after being sent.
Let us remember that the company that belongs to Meta introduced temporary messages, which are automatically deleted, in November 2020. The idea of this initiative was to provide a new tool to give users more privacy or security.
In August 2021, the messaging application implemented a similar measure for multimedia files.
This function is a tool that allows them to be deleted once the recipient has viewed them.
the new novelty
WhatsApp highlighted that the novelty is that the social network has just sent a new update of the WhatsApp beta version for iOS 22.9.0.72 through the TestFlight beta program, in which it shows that it is developing the ability to keep temporary messages.
WABetaInfo warns that with this function the application offers users the possibility of keeping these temporary messages, but on the condition that any other user can cancel the saving.
How they change in a screenshot shared by WABetaInfo you can see the message that indicates this option. “Keep this message? The message will no longer disappear from this chat. Anyone can uncheck it.”
Next, in another image, the application announces that in the event that none of the users save said message, it will be deleted and will no longer be available to all the contacts in a group or the two people who have started an individual chat. This feature is under development, so the final version may change.
Platforms such as Instagram and Twitter have also announced new features in their interfaces to improve the experience of their users. Twitter is testing a new feature to prevent mentions of other users of the same platform, thus avoiding harassment or spam.
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