Recently, WhatsApp added the ability to have temporary messages in cats that we ourselves define to disappear after a while.
Now it has been revealed that WhatsApp is already working on reduce this period of time for messages to disappear and thus have more control over the chats.
Temporary messages
Temporary messages are among the many functions that WhatsApp users can take advantage of the most. These can be activated from the chat which is meant to be maintained with greater security, and its function is simply to allow the user to set when they want their messages to start having a uptime.
In other words, the user will be able to define from when the messages will be visible to his contact. As soon as the function is activated, the messages will have a delay of 7 days and later, they will be self-destruction.
WhatsApp bets on everything
In the face of the controversy that has been unleashed since the announcement of the privacy policy changes, the developers of WhatsApp have been looking for a way to hold back to the millions of users who have started looking for other alternatives.
One of them is the improvement of the function of temporary messages, which would modify the uptime. From 7 days it would only become 24 hours. This was brought forward by WABetaInfo through its Twitter account.
WhatsApp is testing the possibility of making messages disappear after 24 hours.
– WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 6, 2021
These improvements like the upcoming encryption of cloud backups and the intention to add more functions to WhatsApp appear to be the strategies the company has for. to convince users to keep the service and thus avoid migration to one of its competitors.
