WhatsApp may let you 'unsend' messages soon

By Team Asianet NewsableFirst Published Apr 19, 2017, 5:12 AM IST
Highlights
  • Whatsapp is testing the ability to revoke a message.
  • The feature will be rolled out as 'Unsend'. 

WhatsApp is testing a number of features, and among them is reportedly the ability to 'Unsend', as per these tweets from WABetaInfo. Unsend looks like the official name for the revoke or message edit/delete feature we've been hearing about.

 

Going by the tweet, it could be making its way onto iOS devices soon. The upcoming WhatsApp update for iOS is likely to add the new feature. Previously, we'd heard about WhatsApp's plans to implement the feature with the ability to unsend within five minutes. This means, users may get five minutes to unsend a message.

The revoke feature (called now "unsend") should be available very soon, but probably we should wait the next iOS official update before.

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) April 17, 2017

WhatsApp Web 0.2.4077: many improvements for the revoke feature & you'll be able to unsend messages sent within 5 minutes (DISABLED NOW). pic.twitter.com/2qj28JEwyi

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) April 12, 2017

WhatsApp beta for Android 2.17.151: when you share your live location, WhatsApp will share it as a "live" message. #hidden pic.twitter.com/1RuX1V80Ih

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) April 17, 2017

WABetaInfo had revealed that WhatsApp for Android version 2.17.147 that is in beta will be adding new features including the ability to revoke and share live location. Some other features it plans to add are the rotate option, allowing rotating any image. So, users can easily rotate and crop an image. This report said that while no fixed time period for revoking messages was fixed, users testing the feature asked for a longer duration that would let them recall a message anytime.

 

The features being tested in the beta mode are even scrapped, and only a few may see the day of light. Among the ones revealed in the report, we wonder how many would make it to your devices.

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