WhatsApp developing view-once text messages for iOS
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Marcus Mendes
Summary
WhatsApp is developing a new ephemeral messaging feature for iOS that allows users to send view-once text messages that disappear after being read. This follows a recent beta build that added an "After reading" option to the existing disappearing messages feature, which currently supports timers of 24 hours, 7 days, and 90 days. The new feature has not yet rolled out broadly.
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· 2 pulledLast month, WABetaInfo reported that a WhatsApp beta build on TestFlight had added an 'After reading' option to the app's existing disappearing messages feature.
With the new option, which has yet to roll out broadly, users will also...
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