WhatsApp has started enabling pinned messages, the “pin” function. leave a specific message always visible in a conversation. According to WaBetaInfo, this function has been in development for several months but has not started to be enabled for users until now.

We were able to test the WhatsApp message pinning function a few months ago and, surprisingly, there has been a small change in the final implementation: The fix expires in 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days.

Pinned messages, yes, but with an expiry date

WhatsApp started enable pinning messages within a conversationIt should not be confused with pinning conversations to the chat list, which has been with us since 2017.

To pin a message, all you have to do is select it and use the ⋮ menu to select it. Sarcasm. Then comes the surprise because instead of setting this, WhatsApp asks you to: select set message expiration time.

So WhatsApp allows us to send messages in chat, but it won’t last forever. For now, we can decide whether to set the message 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days later.

Otherwise the function works as expected. When a chat is pinned it looks like this: a permanent bar at the top of the chat with the message in question and by tapping on it we go to the message in question. We can pin any message, even photos or animated GIFs, but what we will see in the bar is always text.

We can only send messagesSo if we try to set a second message, we are notified that it will replace the previous one. Additionally, only the person who pinned a message can unpin it.

As we mentioned earlier, automatic pinning of messages stops after a certain period of time, but you are free to do so. manually unpin long press on pinned message bar Unpin.

Pin messages It is now activated for WhatsApp users, starting with those using the beta version. It won’t take long to reach everyone, beta or not.

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via | WaBetaInfo

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