WhatsApp, the most popular messaging application owned by Meta, is likely to make a new change to the automatic disappearing messages feature. In 2020, WhatsApp introduced the feature of automatic disappearing messages.
According to the WhatsApp information website WA Beta Info’, new changes in WhatsApp have been launched for Android phone users.
WhatsApp’s automatic disappearing messages feature automatically removes selected messages after a certain period.
According to Wabetainfo’s report, under the new changes in WhatsApp‘s automatic disappearing messages feature, users will have the option to select 15 new different periods.
These options include 1 year, 180 days, 60 days, 30 days, 21 days, 14 days, 6 days, 5 days, 4 days, 3 days, 2 days, 12 hours, 6 hours, 3 hours, and one hour.
However, the report did not specify whether the new slots to be added would also be available in the beta versions of Android and iOS.
Earlier, WhatsApp’s self-disappearing messages feature included only 3 periods, 24 hours, 7 days, and 90 days.
How will new times help consumers?
The new periods that have been added to WhatsApp’s automatic disappearing messages feature will give users more control over their sent and received messages.
After the introduction of this feature, users will have the option to quickly disappear messages containing confidential or sensitive information sent on WhatsApp.
It should be noted that WhatsApp is making new changes in WhatsApp the world’s most popular social media app every day so that users can get more convenience in using this app.
According to WABetainfo, WhatsApp is also working on an audio chat feature for its users, through this feature users will be able to chat using their voice i.e. they do not have to type messages.
On the other hand, WA Beta Info also said in its Twitter message that Mark Zuckerberg and Will Catchkart have confirmed that three new changes in WhatsApp and features are coming very soon.