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03 August 2021, 09:08 pm
WhatsApp has debuted its View Once feature, which resembles that of a disappearing photo feature on several messaging applications, bordering on encrypted messaging. This is a feature that most instant messaging applications already have, even WhatsApp s sister company, Instagram, for its direct messages feature.
The Facebook-owned social messaging application has been launching a lot of features in the past months, something that is already available from other apps. One example is a video chatting tool that resembles the iOS FaceTime.
WhatsApp View Once Feature
(Photo : WhatsApp Blog)
According to WhatsApp s latest blog post, the company has added in a slur of new features for its services and one of them is a privacy-centered messaging tool called View Once. Yes, this is something already found on other service providers and instant messaging apps, but is only available via its encrypted chat feature or Secret Chats.