RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A new trial version of WhatsApp brings a familiar feature from other applications: you can send messages that self-destruct after a certain period of time. The novelty can be useful to send more sensitive information to contacts.
WhatsApp is finally working on new features that will be available in the next updates. One of those is the new Disappearing Messages feature!
As the name suggests, any message eligible to be “disappeared”, will be automatically deleted from the chat!
How is a message eligible to be “disappeared”? At present, when the chat is marked as “disappeared” all messages will be automatically removed after a certain interval.
The user can mark the chat as “disappeared” enabling the option “Disappearing messages”, in Group Info (when the feature will be available for everyone):
For now, self-destructive messages have only appeared in group settings, but it is said to be very likely that they will also be available for private conversations.
Since the function is still under development, it is likely that it will not be available to you soon, even if the latest version is installed.