New feature on WhatsApp: some profile pictures will change in the future

A new function will soon be available to WhatsApp users.

Because of this, a lot could change with profile pictures.

• The Messenger service WhatsApp has a new feature

  announced

• The

  "expiring messages" function

  deletes unread messages, photos and videos

  after seven days

• The

  profile pictures

  will also change

Mountain View - WhatsApp recently announced a new feature.

With the

, users should be able to individually set whether the

in a chat

should be

.

The setting can

activated

for

if required

.

There is an exception for

In these

must still

whether the automatic deletion of messages should be activated.

WhatsApp profile picture changes - that's behind it

Some users'

change

in November

.

A small

will appear

on WhatsApp contacts who

have activated

the

.

This was reported by Techbook, among others.

The clock symbol means that the message sent by the WhatsApp user

will be deleted from the chat

after a

.

WhatsApp: activate self-deleting messages - here's how

If you want to activate the new function, you have to activate it

for

.

In the chat, you tap on the

and then on

and

or "continue".

Finally, the function is activated by

Warning: the seven-day lock for WhatsApp can be bypassed

Users should know in advance that the

.

Messages that were

by the "expiring messages" function

have not disappeared for good.

In fact, the deletion can easily be bypassed.

For example, there is the option of

expiring messages

that has not activated the function

.

A

can also be made and

.

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