WhatsApp is developing a feature that will allow users to keep specific messages in chat.
WABetainfo says feature is at a very early stage of development.
Disappearing message feature was introduced to provide users more privacy.
Meta-owned WhatsApp is planning to roll out a new feature to keep disappearing messages, in a future update, WABetainfo reported.
The instant messaging platform provided the users more privacy when sending messages in ephemeral chats and groups through the disappearing messages feature; however, some users faced difficulties while sending very important messages in the chat as their disappearing messages is enabled.
In such situations the only option users have is to temporarily disable disappearing messages, forward the message to the same chat, and enable disappearing messages again, but this procedure is enough cumbersome.
Therefore, keeping in view the difficulties, WhatsApp is developing a feature that allows keeping specific messages in the chat.
“As you can see in this screenshot when you decide to keep a disappear message in the chat, a new alert shows up asking if you want to keep the message in the chat,” WABetainfo reported.
The platform revealed that if users have previously kept a disappearing message in the chat, they can decide to discard it later. “When you decide to keep the message, it won’t disappear from the chat after its expiration and the recipient can still see it, however, they can delete it later,” it reported.
According to reports, this feature seems to be in a very early stage of development so, as with any other feature that’s under development, its purpose may change before the release or the feature may also be discarded.