WhatsApp expands 'disappearing messages' feature to include 24-hours and 90-days

(Pocket-lint) - As expected, WhatsApp has announced an hold of its disappearing messages feature. Sent items successful idiosyncratic chats tin present beryllium acceptable to expire aft 24-hours oregon 90 days.

The diagnostic was archetypal uncovered successful a WhatsApp beta update successful August, but is present rolling retired to each customers.

Prior to the caller options, the app's disappearing messages diagnostic lone enabled users to delete messages aft 7-days. That remains alongside the caller alternatives.

"We're rolling retired a caller disappearing messages enactment connected WhatsApp contiguous truthful you'll beryllium capable to marque each caller chats disappearing by default aft 24-hours, 7-days, oregon 90-days. Not each messages request to instrumentality astir forever," said Mark Zuckerberg connected his Facebook page.

Like Facebook, WhatsApp is simply a Meta company.

Also added successful caller months are 'view once' photos and videos, which vanish aft they person been opened by the recipient. As with deleting text-based messages, this diagnostic is truly useful for occasions erstwhile you privation to nonstop a photograph of a password, for example, that you don't privation to beryllium saved oregon shared.

Even though these features would correspond an encouraging measurement guardant for 1 of the world's astir fashionable messaging clients, it's important to retrieve it inactive lags rather acold down the likes of Telegram and Signal regarding features for delicate chats. 

Writing by Conor Allison and Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 19 August 2021.