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WhatsApp brings a new photo function - many have been waiting for this for a long time

2021-08-04T11:46:52.488Z


Big update on WhatsApp. The messenger service is user-friendly and comes with a new photo function. What is now changing specifically.


Big update on WhatsApp.

The messenger service is user-friendly and comes with a new photo function.

What is now changing specifically.

California - Every year, more than 600 million photos and over 100 million video messages are sent via WhatsApp around the world.

The messaging service for smartphones continues to enjoy great popularity.

The only problem: very few of these photos and messages should remain available forever.

Accordingly, WhatsApp users have repeatedly asked for a corresponding function that solves the problem.

The Californian company is now responding to requests from its community and integrating the required function into its intelligence service.

WhatsApp presents new update: news service offers new photo and video functions

WhatsApp presents the latest feature of the smartphone app on its official Twitter presence.

This is the option to mark both photos and videos as "view once" at the recipient.

In concrete terms: the sent media are deleted from the end device as soon as the respective addressee has viewed them.

To benefit from this feature, iOS users need version 2.21.159 and Android users version 2.21.14.24.

After a successful update, WhatsApp consumers are presented with a comparatively simple operation.

New feature alert!



You can now send photos and videos that disappear after they've been opened via View Once on WhatsApp, giving you more control over your chats privacy!

pic.twitter.com/Ig5BWbX1Ow

- WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) August 3, 2021

If a picture or video is selected for sending, a small "1" appears in the text entry field of the picture caption on the right.

Provided that the corresponding option is already activated.

If the automatic deletion is to be used, the "1" in a semicircle must be tapped once.

The following text is displayed: “Photo set for one-time viewing” - and the circle appears in its full form.

Disadvantages of the new WhatsApp update: Photos cannot be saved and cannot be forwarded

But the WhatsApp update also has certain restrictions.

Because pictures and videos that have been sent for a one-off view are immediately and automatically deleted after they have left the chat.

Means these visual messages cannot be saved or forwarded to anyone else.

If the corresponding media are not called up and thus not viewed for two weeks, they also automatically disappear.

When its update is announced, the WhatsApp * messaging service, which is also available on the PC, warns against sending pictures and videos with sensitive content to people who are not 100 percent trustworthy.

WhatsApp warns of untrustworthy users: Photos delete themselves, but screenshots are still possible

Because even though this content is deleted automatically after a selection has been made, there is still the option of photographing or filming photos and videos or taking screenshots of them.

There is no absolute guarantee that the content sent with the help of the new WhatsApp function will only remain a fleeting experience.

Also new is the WhatsApp “vacation mode” function, which virtually puts annoying messages on vacation.

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Source: merkur

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