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ANI | Updated: Jul 03, 2021 17:33 IST Washington , July 3 (ANI): Similar to snaps on Snapchat, the instant messaging app WhatsApp is testing a new feature that would allow users to send disappearing photos and videos.According to Mashable, the attached images or videos will disappear after being viewed, which may prove good for confidential business-related chats. The feature has already rolled to WhatsApp beta testers on Android. Reportedly, if the test goes smoothly, the feature will be rolled out for the general public too.WABetaInfo reported that the new feature currently has some drawbacks. For instance, a recipient can screenshot his or her phone to stay the image beyond the auto-delete. Additionally, if you have read receipts disabled, the sender can still see whether you've viewed a photograph or video. And, blocked contacts can still see single-use attachments if they're a part of a standard group.However, there is no information on when this new feature might roll out globally, neither is there any mention of a rollout to iOS or desktop as of yet. (ANI)

Apple is now battling its tech rivals to protect your privacy, it says. What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone, it says. But there’s a catch. Apple’s iMessage has now fallen well behind its rivals, risking the privacy of millions of iPhone users. End-to-end encryption is a must for any messaging platform. But it also risks a false sense of security. While your information is protected in transit from your phone to others, once there it’s open to compromise. And that means you need to beware what you send, lest it comes back to haunt you later—maybe years later. Do you remember what you texted colleagues at your last company back in 2014? What about the messages you sent your college friends when news of Trump’s election victory came in? How many Facebook memes have you shared with how many people? How many iMessage and WhatsApp and other groups do you belong to? What tasteless memes have you sent to them, or have they sent to you? What about snaps you quickly take and share? Or videos taken on a work night out? Friends you no longer maintain. Relationships you no longer remember—and those you do remember, but…

We already know that the disappearing or expiring media will be coming to WhatsApp as it was confirmed by Mark Zuckerberg and Will Cathcart themselves. Now they have started rolling out this feature for WhatsApp Beta users but the name is called “view once”. True to its name, once a person opens a photo or a video sent with this setting, they will only be able to view it once and it will be deleted after you’ve closed the item. You’ll know when the feature is live for you when you see the view once button when sharing photos or videos to a conversation. Aside from the fact that they will disappear once viewed, you will also receive a notification once the recipient has opened them. This feature will be available for both one-on-one conversations as well as group chats. There are probably several situations when a feature like this can come in handy. Even though the feature seems pretty straightforward, WA Beta Info has some caveats and warnings about it. If you disable read receipts, the recipient will see if you have opened the media set to view once but you will not see when they open yours in…

You may soon be able to share high-quality videos with your contacts on WhatsApp. WABetaInfo has found evidence of a new "video quality" feature in the latest WhatsApp beta update v2.21.14.6 for Android. As can be seen in the screenshot below, the feature allows you to choose the video quality before you begin uploading it. You'll be able to choose from three options: Auto (recommended), Best Quality, and Data Saver. Source: WABetaInfoAs you would expect, the Auto option will automatically choose the video quality based on your data speed. When you select "Best Quality," videos will be larger in size and can take slightly longer to send. The Data Saver option will compress the video to reduce data usage. The maximum file size allowed for all media on WhatsApp is currently 16MB on the best Android phones. This allows users to send videos up to a maximum of 3 minutes in length. The exact duration can vary from one phone to another, depending on the quality of the video camera. Since the app is now planning to introduce video quality options, it is possible that the limit will be increased. Telegram lets users share videos up to 2GB in size,…

Although Snapchat was not as popular as it was a few years ago, Snapchat still has millions of active users every month. right Now The WhatsApp He is preparing to steal one of his most popular features. Snapchat stands out from all its competitors thanks to the simplicity of its platform and innovation with messages that disappear after seeing them only once, giving users a feeling of greater security. Now, according to information developed by WABetaInfo, the messaging platform belonging to Facebook social networking site Prepares to carry out similar jobs. At the end of last year, WhatsApp launched support for self-destructing messages, but the minimum time for this to happen is 7 days, which is guaranteed not enough for most users. This feature further prevents group chats from getting clogged completely, clearing messages every X days. Snapchat functionality is now available on WhatsApp Beta The launch of messages that can only be seen once is now available for users enrolled in the WhatsApp test program. However, it is important to stress that it comes in phases, so it may take a few days for it to become available to all users. If no bugs are found during this initial…

There are some qualities unique to desi parents. Like their tendency to treat WhatsApp as a news portal, their inability to say sorry, and their never-ending nuskhe. And stand-up comedian Raunaq Rajani hilariously sums up every desi parent's antics in his latest stand-up set, My Dad Caught Me Smoking. Rajani starts the set by talking about his father's tendency to click a selfie that gives a whole new meaning to the term close-up. For reference, this is how he clicks a selfie: However, when he tried telling his father to let selfies be, his father has the ultimate response:Though nothing is more apt than this comment about desi fathers and WhatsApp forwards: Of course, it's not all about desi fathers. Rajani also talks about his mom, who used to beat him to 'discipline him' and then pulled the ultimate desi mom trick- emotional atyachaar!However, Rajani soon makes a smooth segway to his main theme, smoking... which obviously is injurious to health. From why he could never take up smoking (and no his father catching him did not play a role in it), to the reason his friend, a chain smoker, quit smoking (it involves male nipples), his set is as hilarious, as it is relatable. You can watch…

Anmol Mehrotra Neowin @@anmol_112 · Jun 30, 2021 08:22 EDT Earlier this month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp head Will Cathcart confirmed that WhatsApp will soon allow users to send disappearing images. This came months after the company announced support for disappearing messages on the platform. The new disappearing media option will allow users to send photos or videos that will be deleted after they have been opened. It works similar to Snapchat and deletes the media file as soon as it has been viewed. The implementation is simple, and you can follow the steps below to try it out for yourself: Open WhatsApp and select the contact that you want to send the disappearing media to. Select the image or video from your gallery or take a photo using the camera option in WhatsApp. Once selected, tap on the little circle tucked between the caption bar and the send button. This will set the media so that it can be viewed once and will then disappear. Unlike Snapchat, WhatsApp does not prevent users from taking screenshots so it should be used with trusted contacts only. Furthermore, the sender can see when the media was opened, even if you…

You might be forgiven for thinking that every day is social media day, given how much gets shared each day via social media services. For the past 11 years, however – yes, we’ve been addicted to social media for at least that long – the date 30 June has been given capital letters and referred to as Social Media Day, a 24-hour period when we are supposed to… …well, we’re not entirely sure how you cheer about any one day of social media content more than any other, so we can’t advise you how to celebrate #SocialMediaDay. But we do think that #SocialMediaDay is a great excuse to take a few minutes to stop and think about how to improve your safety and security on social media in general. Indeed, police in London, UK warned only yesterday – on social media, of course! – about the resurgence of a WhatsApp scam designed to trick you into handing over 2FA (two-factor authentication) codes so that crooks can take over your account: We have seen a surge in WhatsApp accounts being hacked, if you are sent a text from WhatsApp with a code on it, don't share the code with ANYONE no…

WhatsApp’s massive popularity has given rise to many third-party clone apps that purport to add missing features such as syncing chats across platforms. Of late, a new fork called GB WhatsApp has been doing the rounds of the internet. It claims to circumvent the ‘ban’ that WhatsApp threatened to dole out to users who didn’t accept its controversial privacy policy. However, it is worth noting that WhatsApp’s privacy policy is still being contested in court and the platform hasn’t gone around banning anyone. A cursory glance at the GBWhatsApp website is enough to tell us that its developers are up to no good. Some of the ‘features’ listed above are flat out wrong. WhatsApp already lets you hide your last seen via a toggle in the settings. It also lets you change your theme, although the choices are quite limited. Everything else is a minor QoL improvement, but nothing that most users will use throughout the course of daily use. However, one of the most egregious claims made by the developer is as follows:Apparently, you can just’ sideload’ GB WhatsApp onto your iPhone by ‘downloading’ the installer file. That is flat out impossible, as Apple doesn’t users sideload apps on to…

What happens when you accidentally delete WhatsApp messages on your phone and you need them back? Will you sit and let them disappear in the wind? Countless people use WhatsApp across the globe. Plenty of people flood the internet with diverse issues. One of the highly-searched topics relating to WhatsApp is how to restore deleted WhatsApp messages without backup. Well, it might look like a hard nut to crack if you have slim knowledge of good WhatsApp recovery tools. The good news is that there is an easy yet effective way to recover deleted WhatsApp messages. Here, we explore some of the plausible ways including the ideal way on how to see deleted messages from WhatsApp. How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages Method 1: Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages from Google Drive When using WhatsApp on your Android device, you should keep backing them on Google Drive Backup. It is crucial because it is easier to retrieve them if data loss is caused by accidental deletion of WhatsApp messages, phone damage, or if your phone is stolen. If this happens, you can only recover deleted WhatsApp messages on Google Drive if you had done a backup. Otherwise, there won’t be any…