WhatsApp, a sub-category of Meta that includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has launched a new service that allows its users to view messages in text conversations for up to 60 hours after they are sent. delete, even if it is read by them. opposite side
The ability to delete messages in text conversations was not new. Since 2017, WhatsApp has made it possible to delete text messages after they’ve been sent, having updated it over the years, bringing the maximum deletion allowed to one hour and 8 minutes. 16 seconds, before reaching 60 hours with the last launch, which is two days and 12 hours.
Regarding the secret of WhatsApp’s interest in increasing the period allowed for periodic deletion, Mohammad Al-Harti, an expert on social networks, says that this was in response to the request of users, so that the user has enough time to check the messages again. which he sends to the other party and as a result he thinks well of their content and the option of deleting it is in his hand.
And this social network expert in an interview with Sky News Arabic adds: “This feature, which includes text, image and video, has come to protect the privacy of the user’s messages, by eliminating the messages he does not want. Is. Hold your phone and the other party’s device for a longer time.
This social network expert adds: “It also helps to keep the phone’s memory clean and free from copies of saved conversations and media.
The new feature of WhatsApp with beta number 2.22.15.8 was available to some Android users and it is expected to be available to all smartphone users soon.
WhatsApp has released 3 new updates that include the service of using emojis to reply to messages, the ability to share large files up to 2 GB and doubling the maximum size of group chats from 256 to 500 participants.
WhatsApp also added this feature to increase the number of people who can participate in group video calls from 8 to 32 people.
Source: Lebanon Debate
