TechSoftwareAppsThis free WhatsApp upgrade gives senders superpowersKeep In Chat enables you to remember the good bits – but only if it’s okay with the senderWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSoftwareAppsThis free WhatsApp upgrade gives senders superpowersKeep In Chat enables you to remember the good bits – but only if it’s okay with the senderWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Keep In Chat enables you to remember the good bits – but only if it’s okay with the sender
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: WhatsApp)
(Image credit: WhatsApp)
WhatsApphas just added an interesting newfeature: Keep in Chat, which enables you to save a message so you can refer back to it in the future. It’s a handy way to keep little bits of information (or just funny stuff) from chats that might otherwise disappear, and it doesn’t get in the way of the sender’s privacy preferences. That’s because WhatsApp has also decided to give the sender the opportunity to veto any Keep in Chat saves.
According to WhatsApp, the feature – which is rolling out globally over the next few weeks – is really straightforward: when someone keeps a message from a chat you’re expecting to disappear, you’ll be asked if that’s okay. If it is, great: the other person can save your message. But if it’s not okay, you can override the request.
What happens if you veto WhatsApp Keep in Chat?
If you decide you’d rather not let somebody save your message, it’ll simply expire at the same time as the rest of the chat.
It seems just yesterday that I was writing about the frequency ofWhatsApp upgrades and updates, because it was: this is an app that’s in constant development because the messaging market is so important to tech giants such as Meta, WhatsApp’s owner.
WhatsApp is available foriPhone,Android, Web and Mac, and there’s a beta version of the new Mac app you can download at WhatsApp.com.
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