WhatsApp working on yet another ephemeral feature on iOS
WhatsApp is expanding its ephemeral messaging tools on iOS with new tests for view-once text messages and scheduled communication features.
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The brief
WhatsApp is currently testing new temporary messaging capabilities for iOS users. Coverage from outlets including 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Engadget, and GSMArena emphasizes that these updates focus on increasing privacy and utility for temporary texts.
Reports from Deccan Herald, Ammon News, and Minute Mirror highlight the ongoing development of scheduling functions for both private and group conversations. Future developments will center on the transition of these features from beta testing to a public rollout.
Coverage does not yet specify a release date or the full scope of supported iOS versions.
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Quick answers
What new privacy feature is WhatsApp testing for iOS?
WhatsApp is testing a "view once" feature that allows text messages to self-destruct after being read.
Is WhatsApp introducing message scheduling?
Yes, coverage confirms that WhatsApp is testing scheduled messaging capabilities for both individual chats and groups on iOS.
Are these features available to all users?
Current reports indicate these tools are in the testing and beta phase on iPhone, with no release date specified.
Coverage (12)
- WhatsApp is Finally Bringing Disappearing Messages to iOS iPhone in Canada · 150d ago
- WhatsApp tinkers around with view-once messages in latest beta Stuff South Africa · 150d ago
- WhatsApp continues testing "view once" text messages on iOS GSMArena.com · 150d ago
- WhatsApp tests feature enabling messages to self-destruct after being read Mezha · 150d ago
- WhatsApp prepares messages that disappear after a single reading and tests on iPhone a feature that could change the way users send private, temporary texts that are harder to keep saved in conversations. CPG Click Petróleo e Gás · 150d ago
- WhatsApp continues testing "view once" text messages on iOS GSMArena.com · 150d ago
- WhatsApp Is Testing Read-Once Disappearing Messages Engadget · 150d ago
- WhatsApp is working on scheduled messages on iOS Ammon News · 150d ago
- WhatsApp to introduce long-awaited message scheduling feature Minute Mirror · 150d ago
- WhatsApp is testing scheduled messages for chats and groups Deccan Herald · 150d ago
- WhatsApp Working on View-Once Text Messages for iPhone MacRumors · 150d ago
- WhatsApp working on yet another ephemeral feature on iOS 9to5Mac · 150d ago
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