It was one of the last messengers not to offer this option. Soon, WhatsApp will allow its users to be able to modify a message already sent. Until now, in case of errors, it was necessary either to delete it or to send a new one in order to rectify the previous content. To do this, the messaging belonging to Facebook specifies that it will be necessary to press and hold on the message in question to see a feature "edit". And this, within fifteen minutes of sending. Once the corrections are made, recipients will know, by a mention, that a message has been changed, "without the history of changes being displayed," says the company in a statement.
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Whether it's correcting a spelling mistake or putting a message in context, we're happy to give you more control over your chats," WhatsApp said. The messaging then takes over an option set up by Apple for its messaging application Imessage. And by Twitter, where followers can edit their posts up to 30 minutes after they go live. The question remains: when will this new feature be available? WhatsApp says it "is being rolled out worldwide and (it) will be available to everyone in the coming weeks."