WhatsApp Web Getting Updated With ‘View Once’ Feature for Photos, Videos: Report

 WhatsApp Web Getting Updated With ‘View Once’ Feature for Photos, Videos: Report

The updated WhatsApp Web is also said to bring a new archive feature.

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WhatsApp is enhancing its original disappearing functionality with the new feature

HIGHLIGHTS

• WhatsApp Web is said to have started receiving an update
• WABetaInfo has reported about the update for Web users
• WhatsApp was earlier spotted testing the feature on Android

WhatsApp Web has started receiving an update that allows users to send photos and videos that can be viewed only once, according to a report. The new feature, which is called ‘view once, was originally spotted on a recent WhatsApp for Android beta release. The feature has not rolled out for all users on mobile yet, but it is now apparently also being tested on WhatsApp Web. In November, the Facebook-owned platform introduced a disappearing messages feature that allowed users to make conversations that won't be permanent in nature and disappear after seven days. Unlike some other popular apps though, WhatsApp does not allow users to set how long the messages would be available for, so the messages remain available for one week.

WABetaInfo has reported about the rollout of WhatsApp Web version 2.2126.11 that lets users make photos and videos disappear from the chat once they are viewed. Users are said to see a ‘view once' button while sharing media content through the Web client — if the feature is already available for their WhatsApp account.