WhatsApp recently released a feature called View Once on Android that can automatically delete photos and videos after being viewed by the recipient. Now available on Android, WhatsApp will also present View Once on iOS.
The arrival of the View Once feature on iOS was discovered by the WABetaInfo page on the beta for iOS version 2.21.140.9. This feature is not yet open to all WhatsApp users on iOS and is limited to beta testers only.
Just like on Android, the View Once feature on iOS also allows users to send photos, videos and GIFs that can be lost as soon as they are seen by the recipient. This feature is available for individual and group chats.
How to use it is the same, first select the photo, video or GIF you want to send. In the Add Caption column, you'll see the number 1 icon in a circle.
Click the icon and WhatsApp will display a pop-up message saying that the View Once feature has been activated. WhatsApp also warns users that the recipient of the message can still take a screenshot of the photo or video sent.
The sender of the message will also not receive a notification if the recipient takes a screenshot of the content sent. Therefore WhatsApp users are advised to be careful while using this feature.
Once the View Once feature is enabled, send photos or videos as usual. Once a photo or video is sent, the content will immediately disappear from your mobile phone and will disappear on the recipient’s mobile phone once opened, as quoted from WABetaInfo, Monday (12/7/2021).
If you see an 'Open' message in a chat, that means the photo or video has been opened and is gone. Users can see other details, such as who opened the photo or video in the group, through Message Info.
Currently, the View Once feature on Android and iOS is only available to beta users. It’s not yet known when WhatsApp will launch this feature widely, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has signaled that the feature will soon be available to all users.
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