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The world’s favourite messaging app, WhatsApp,keeps adding new features– and the next new addition could help you save some storage on yourphoneas well as keep your app uncluttered. According to WABetainfo, WhatsApp is currently testing self-destructing message groups in theiOSapp.
That doesn’t mean the new feature will beiPhone-only; it’s just that the iOS app is the one where the new feature happened to be spotted. It’s apparently part of a suite of new features that also includes automatic muting of calls from unknown numbers.
There’s no indication of when this feature is likely to arrive in an app update, but if it’s currently in testing then clearly it’s coming quite soon.
Appetite for self-destruction
The new feature is currently called Expiring Groups, and the expiration applies to the groups rather than particular threads – so for example you might create a group for a specific project, trip or event and then get shot of it completely when the project is finished, the trip is completed or the event is over.
It’s clearly a work in progress but there are obvious benefits to having such a feature: if you’re involved in organising things with other people your WhatsApp can end up pretty packed and taking up a lot of storage space on youriPhoneorAndroid phone. So anything that can help you tackle that with the minimum of fuss has got to be welcome.
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