The other improvement WhatsApp has made involves giving users two new time durations for their disappearing messages: either 24 hours or 90 days. Users can also toggle off the disappearing messages function for specific contacts by selecting the person’s name in the app. Smartphone users for Android or iOS can turn on the default function by going to WhatsApp Settings > tap Account > Privacy > Default message timer and selecting a duration. “This makes clear it's nothing personal-it's a choice you've made about how you want to communicate with everyone on WhatsApp moving forward,” the app added. Cloud backups can be locked behind passwords or 64-digit keys now. If you activate the default function, WhatsApp will also display a message across all chats, notifying your contacts about the change. WhatsApp rolls out encryption for chats backed up in the cloud. Campaigners secure judicial review of rules that order ministers and officials to delete instant message chats. Taking a page out of its parent company Facebooks book, WhatsApp is bringing reactions to the instant messaging app The rumoured reactions feature would allow users to react to each message in a chat, akin to how Instagram works. Legal challenge to ‘government by WhatsApp’. “When enabled, all new one-on-one chats you or another person start will be set to disappear at your chosen duration, and we've added a new option when creating a group chat that lets you turn it on for groups you create,” WhatsApp wrote in a blog post on Monday. WhatsApp Is Bringing Facebook-Like Message Reactions In The App Very Soon. However, you had to toggle it on manually for each contact by tapping the person’s name, and then turning on the “message timer.” WhatsApp could then automatically delete the messages after a 7-day period - but only for that one contact. The new system, rolling out today, makes it easy to expand disappearing messages to all your chats. WhatsApp is broadening its “disappearing messages” feature with more options, including a way to make it the default for all your contacts.Ī year ago, WhatsApp began introducing ephemeral messaging to users everywhere. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.

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