- WhatsApp has introduced a new ‘keep in chat’ feature.
- It allows users to save the important messages in chat for future recall even in the disappearing messages setting.
- It will be the sender’s discretion whether the messages can be saved for later or not.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new WhatsApp feature for users that will allow them to keep relevant messages saved in a chat, irrespective of having the disappearing messages setting turned on. The new feature is called ‘Keep in Chat’. While the purpose of disappearing messages is to keep the conversations private as the chat disappears after a specific period of time, the ‘keep in chat’ feature allows users to save important messages that they might want to refer back to in future. WhatsApp’s idea behind it is that it is the sender’s choice if others can keep that chat for later or not.
To enable the new feature, the sender of the WhatsApp text will be alerted as and when someone keeps a message in the disappearing messages setting. Then it will be on the sender’s discretion to either allow the user to save it or to veto the decision. In case of negative, the messages sent by the user will get deleted once the timer expires.
WhatsApp announced this feature via a tweet and mentioned “Some things are worth keeping.” Have a look.
How will the ‘Keep in Chat’ feature look like?
The saved messages in the chat will be kept with a bookmark icon, and users will be able to access these messages in the Kept Messages folder. Zuckerberg, in the announcement, said, “We hope people enjoy this new update and the flexibility to keep the messages they need.” He added the feature will roll out globally over the next few weeks.
In related news, the Meta-owned app is reportedly testing a new feature that will allow users to add new description to forwarded media files including forwarded videos, images, GIFs, and documents.
