WhatsApp is rolling out a tremendous feature to improve the chatting experience of its users. With the help of this feature being rolled out named View Once, users will be able to automatically delete the photos sent in the chat. This feature works like the expiring media feature of Instagram. Let’s know the details.
Send Disappearing Photo from the phone’s gallery
According to the report of WABetaInfo, this feature has just been released for Android users of WhatsApp Beta. According to the shared screenshot, users will be able to send the disappearing photo from the phone’s gallery itself. After selecting the photo, the user has to tap on the clock-like icon. This option will appear next to the caption bar when you send the photo.
WhatsApp is rolling out photos and videos set to view once on Android today!
You can finally send photos and videos set to view once if you're an Android beta tester!https://t.co/DtcJe4YUxX
— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) June 29, 2021
Can also be used for videos and GIFs The
View Once feature of WhatsApp can also be used for videos and GIFs apart from photos. If you are a beta user, then this feature of WhatsApp will be visible to you while sharing photos while chatting. To use this feature, you will need to update your WhatsApp beta version number to 2.21.14.3.
Read receipts disabled will not make a difference According to
reports, even if users keep read receipts disabled, they will know whether the receiver has seen the photo or not by opening the sent message with the View Once feature. . At the same time, if you send the disappearing photo in the group, then you will get to know about opening the photo of the group members.
The receiver can keep the screenshot of the photo
The thing to note is that the group member or any contact to whom you send the disappearing photo, can take a screenshot of it and save it in the phone. WhatsApp also does not give any notification to the users for taking screenshots. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how effective the WhatsApp View Once feature can prove to be.
The stable version will soon be rolled
out by going to the ‘Message Info’ section of WhatsApp to see who has opened and viewed the sent messages with the View Once feature. According to WABetaInfo, common blocked contacts in WhatsApp groups can also view photos and videos. The company is beta testing this feature and its stable version will be rolled out for global users in the coming days.
