WhatsApp users will soon be able to make disappearing messages disappear once the recipient has read them. Here are the details. Burn after reading As spotted by WABetaInfoThe latest WhatsApp beta on TestFlight includes a new setting for disappearing messages that allows users to configure them to disappear once the recipient has read them. Extract from the report: With the new “After Reading” option, WhatsApp brings a new layer of privacy to disappearing messages. When users set up the message timer, they can choose to have their messages disappear once read. However, unread messages always disappear after 24 hours by default. Users who choose this option can also set a timer for “After Reading”. Concretely, they can choose whether their messages disappear 5 minutes, 1 hour or 12 hours after their reading by the recipient. Interestingly, the “After Reading” option currently appears in WhatsApp’s “Default Message Timer” setting, although it works differently from existing time-based options, such as 24 hours, 7 days, and 90 days. WABetaInfo says that “the feature is available to some beta testers,” but notes that “a limited number of users may also be able to test the feature even through the version available on the App Store.” As WhatsApp explains, disappearing messages can be enabled by default either for individual chats or for all new chats, serving as both an additional privacy setting and a way to save storage space on the device. You can learn more about WhatsApp’s disappearing messages feature here. Return to WABetaInfoAccording to WhatsApp’s report, the feature is also available in WhatsApp’s Android beta, which suggests it may not be too far away from a wider release. To read WABetaInforeport, follow this link. To discover on Amazon FTC: We use automatic, revenue-generating affiliate links. More. Post navigation Apple’s global F1 ambitions hit a roadblock as Sky expands rights to UK and Italy
