Two years ago, WhatsApp added the functionality of disappearing messages. After setting in a chat or group, messages They are automatically deleted after a certain time.varies from 25 hours to 90 days later. Now the app is preparing a small change that will make life easier for those who want to get the most out of the functionality.

If you want to configure self-destruct of WhatsApp messages today you have to chat to chat. This is starting to change since the latest beta of WhatsApp for Android and hopefully it will come to everyone on all platforms later on.

mass self-destruct

WhatsApp self-destruct messages optional feature in any chat or group. Any participant in a conversation can activate it at any time and likewise anyone can deactivate it. It can be enabled in two places: in the chat itself and in WhatsApp settings.

From the chat itself, you can enable temporary self-destruct for this conversation, while in WhatsApp settings you can enable default settings for new chats. There was no way until now enable self-destruct in multiple chats at once, without having to go one by one. This, apparently, will be possible soon.

We learned from WaBetaInfo that there is a minor adjustment in the options for self-destruct messages. Settings > Account > Privacy > Temporary messages > Default time. Below the usual options we will find a new link that allows us. apply settings to multiple chats at once. After pressing you can select chats.

This small change, for example, If we have 100 chats and we want all of them to expire automatically A week, we can set the duration in the settings, tap the multi-select and quickly select 100 chats. Previously, the only way you had to do this was in the options of each chat individually.

WaBetaInfo reports that this innovation is already available for some users. WhatsApp Beta 2.22.16.8 for Androidbut it shouldn’t take long to reach other betas and finally all users.

via | WaBetaInfo