WhatsApp has decided to add a new feature to its services known as ‘View Once‘.
The ‘View Once’ feature will delete photos or videos from your chat after the message has been opened by the receiver.
The photos and videos sent using this mode can only be viewed once, and they disappear from the chat after you dismiss the photo or the video.
When sending a photo or video, you can make it view once by tapping the “1” button to the left of the send button. After the receiver opened the message, it will be deleted. The receiver will be able to see that it’s a disappearing photo, but it’s still the type of thing one can use for people you trust to not take a screenshot.
According to WeBetaInfo, Mark Zuckerberg has in June confirmed that the feature would be coming, though details about when it would release were scarce as of then.
The feature is available today for all Android beta testers. If you don’t see this feature, please wait for the next updates that will help to get the feature.
Other people that didn’t join the beta program can only receive photos and videos set to view once. The activation for iOS beta testers will be following later.
Stay tuned to discover the latest news about WhatsApp for Android and iOS!
What you should know when you share a photo or video using view once:
If you disable read receipts, the recipient will still see if you have opened the photo or video set to view once, but you cannot see when the recipient opens yours. In groups, you can see when other participants open expiring photos even if you have disabled read receipts.
The recipient might save the photo or video taking screenshots or video captures, and WhatsApp won’t notify you because there isn’t a screenshot detection: be careful!
You can also share photos and videos set to view once in groups, and you can see who opened them in Message Info.
Blocked contacts in common groups can still open those photos and videos: in fact, they cannot message or call you but they can still interact with you in groups.
If you send a photo using view once to people that haven’t this feature enabled, the view once feature will still work and they can only view it once.
Thank you for taking your time in reading through our Journal Today. We wish to always provide you with qualitative Stories as far as GOOD-JOURNALISM is CONCERN. But good journalism costs a lot of money and only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, accountability democracy, and a transparent government.
For continued free access to the best investigative journalism, we ask you to consider subscribing to our daily news updates.
