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p should soon be enriched with a new practical feature: self-destructing messages after a predefined time by the user. The announcement of this feature last October had aroused the enthusiasm of many users. But we learned a few weeks later that it would appear more in the form of a group message cleaning tool on WhatsApp.
WaBetaInfo, always on the lookout for modifications made in the beta of the application, has just identified a new change. In updates 2.20.83 and 2.20.84, WhatsApp beta has reintroduced self-destructing message functionality for individual conversations. WatBetaInfo has just released screenshots showing how this will work when the feature is activated.
A new "Delete messages" menu will be accessible when you open the profile of one of your contacts in WhatsApp. You will have the possibility of configuring the automatic deletion of messages for the selected profile by choosing a delay between 1 hour, a day, a week, a month or a year. A clock icon will then appear next to each message you send as a reminder of its self-destruction after the chosen time.
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WhatsApp is getting a little closer to SnapChat by adopting one of its iconic features after the Stories a few years ago. For users, ephemeral messages are good to take since they help strengthen the privacy options of WhatsApp only a few months after the arrival of the fingerprint unlock. For the time being, the functionality is not yet active. Unless there is a turnaround, this should be the case for everyone in the coming weeks.
