WhatsApp Messenger may get a new feature soon. This would allow users to set when messages should be deleted.
- New function should enable the automatic deletion of WhatsApp messages
- Currently only available in beta version
- WhatsApp * has not yet released a release date
WhatsApp - As the website Wabetainfo reports, there is a new function in the beta version of the WhatsApp messenger. This should enable WhatsApp users to provide messages with an automatic deletion time.
Recently, the WhatsApp messenger had changed the functionality in the beta version several times. They changed the availability of the function. According to Wabetainfo , this was sometimes only available in group chats . The function is currently only available for users of beta versions 2.20.83 and 2.20.84.
WhatsApp: When the function will be integrated in the normal version remains unclear
The users of the beta version have the option to set the time after which the messages should be deleted. You can choose between 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month and 1 year. WhatsApp automatically deletes the messages after this time.
The chat also shows how long the messages can be seen. Of course there is also the possibility to display the function . So far we have no information whether the messages are only deleted from the respective chats of the users or whether they also disappear from the servers of the US company.
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WhatsApp: Other messengers have had this function for a long time
WhatsApp's competitors have had an automatic delete function in their function portfolio for some time. Such a function is already available for both the messenger signal and the messenger telegram .
The messenger signal is recommended by Edward Snowden , founder of Wiki Leaks , among others. In contrast to WhatsApp, this should ensure more data security.
WhatsApp: How to get the beta versions
At the moment, the test program for WhatsApp Messenger has reached the limits of its capacity, it says on the associated page of the play store. But WhatsApp keeps opening its beta program to newcomers. So if you want to be included in the program , you should regularly visit the page in the Playstore .
WhatsApp: Messenger is also affected by the epidemic
The Coronavirus Sars CoV-2 now affects the lives of many people. Now the containment measures are also noticeable in the download numbers of the messenger service WhatsApp *.
But you shouldn't trust everything you get via WhatsApp. * At the moment, false reports are also spreading via Messenger.
By Lucas Maier
* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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