With 'Keep In Chat,' WhatsApp Users Can Now Save Disappearing Messages If Sender Allows

POPULAR instant messaging app WhatsApp regularly gains limelight for new feature introductions on its platform. In the latest move, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced on Facebook that a user will be able to save disappearing messages within chats once the sender permits the recipient to do so. The feature is set to roll out in the coming weeks.

WhatsApp announced the feature in a blog post terming it - "Keep in Chat," which lets the user get back to fading texts in future. The chat giant claims a user can "veto" the request if they want to.

"Today we're introducing 'Keep in Chat,' so you can hang on to texts you need for later, with a special superpower for the sender. We believe if you've sent the message, it's your choice whether others in the chat can keep it for later," WhatsApp wrote in a blog.

Where it will save the chats?

If the receiver opts to bookmark the chat, the sender will be notified. As an outcome, they can decide if they would allow the sender to save the message or let it be a fade-away message. Once a user revokes access, the chats will expire like other disappeared messages and get deleted from conversations. The saved chats will be marked with a bookmark icon and sorted in the "Kept Messages folder," WhatsApp notes.

Menu options

In the image shared by the messaging app, the prompt of the feature reads, "Someone kept your message so they can refer back to it," below the new bookmark icon. "If you unkeep your message, no one can keep it again." Plus, "Kept messages will not disappear from the chat, and everyone can see them," the menu states. In the present scenario, these messages support 24 hour, seven days and 90 days disappearing frequency for the privacy of a sender's chat.

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Speaking of other updates, the company recently announced security features on WhatsApp that will be rolling out in the coming months. Plus, the Meta-Owned platform is testing a redesigned keyboard, once-playable audio messages and more.