Tag: WhatsApp features

WhatsApp opens limited text message editing window for users

Stephanie Beck
Text message editing - Person using WhatsApp app

The popular messaging app is providing users with a 15-minute window in which to correct what they send. WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature in the popular messaging app that allows text message editing to become possible within the first 15 minutes after a message has been sent. For anyone who would like to make immediate corrections to a message, this is a welcome addition. It’s exceptionally commonplace to want to take back an unpleasant wording, correct a misspelling or typo, or otherwise correct details sent to friends, family,…

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WhatsApp finally adds feature to let us send ourselves messages

L. Green
WhatsApp - Person looking at app on phone

The new feature’s global launch occurred this week and is rolling out to all users. WhatsApp has announced that it has rolled out a new feature globally, and it is one that users have been craving for a long time – whether they knew it or not. The new feature will allow people to send themselves messages as reminders to themselves. The new WhatsApp feature is expected to be used as a way to keep organized, remember various points of information that don’t need to be recorded for long, and…

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WhatsApp developing video call masks and profile photo avatars

John Montgallo
WhatsApp Video call masks - Avatars

The Meta-owned messaging application is working on an entirely new feature for its users to deploy. WhatsApp is currently developing a new feature that will make it possible for users to create an avatar that they can use as video call masks or as their profile photos. The feature has been in the works for quite a bit of time but has not yet been released to users. Once the feature for video call masks and avatars is ready, it will be available for both Android and iOS device users.…

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WhatsApp disappearing messages roll out to more than 1 billion users

Sam Lambert
WhatsApp Disappearing Messages - person using WhatsApp on phone

The goal of this new feature, according to the app, is to make communication more natural. WhatsApp disappearing messages have started rolling out, with over 1 billion users being included in the initial wave of the launch, starting at the end of last week. This feature is appealing to people who would like parts of their chat histories to be less permanent. The WhatsApp disappearing messages feature is rolling out to both iOS and Android device customers. The idea behind the feature is to make it possible for users in…

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