News hardware WhatsApp: this new feature will avoid the humiliation of the aftermath of the evening
Published on 08/09/2022 at 20:30
An update to WhatsApp gives users of the service more control over how long they can delete their message. And that can change everything in certain situations… like the aftermath of the evening.
If you’re the type to send everything and anything on WhatsApp when you’re overworked, tired, or just a little bit upset, good news for you: the instant messaging service just got a boost. up to date who significantly extends the time during which you can delete messages you have posted on a discussion.
WhatsApp gives you more time to delete your messages
Until then, a WhatsApp user had very precise 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds to delete a message sent in a chat. A potentially tight deadlinewhich did not allow, for example, to erase a message sent in the middle of the night, unless you realize it immediately.
Now it is possible to delete a message within 2 days and 12 hours. So you have time to remove the evidence of a party that was a little too festive before your contact wakes up to find they have severe cases on you! Well, your life is saved. In a way, anyway.
???? Rethinking your message? Now you’ll have a little over 2 days to delete your messages from your chats after you hit send.
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) August 8, 2022
Once this period has passed, it is still possible to delete the message, but it will continue to appear for potential interlocutors. We can not have everything.
A useful feature, under conditions
This novelty can also be very practical in less shameful situationsfor example to correct spelling mistakes, or in case the message was sent to the wrong discussion.
However, for this feature to be really useful, all people who participate in the exchange on WhatsApp must have the latest version of the application. Indeed, otherwise, the message is simply not deleted in people who have an old version of WhatsApp. “You will not receive a notification if deleting a message for everyone did not work”further specifies the service.
It should also be pointed out that nothing prevents people present on the conversation to see the message and even to take a screenshot before it is deleted. The ideal therefore remains to keep as much control as possible of the messages you send on WhatsApp, just to avoid awkward moments and large files that appear after a party that is a little too hectic!