WhatsApp rips off another Snapchat feature — this time Disappearing Mode

After borrowing statuses and disappearing messages from Snapchat, WhatsApp is working on another major feature that Snapchat is known for. Once enabled, this will make WhatsApp a complete replacement for Snapchat. Apart from this, WhatsApp is also working on adding another highly requested feature – multi-device support. WhatsApp is gearing up to add another Snapchat-like feature after adding statuses and disappearing messages. Only, this time around, this feature will allow you to replace Snapchat completely. In a WhatsApp group chat with WABetaInfo, a website that tracks developments in the app, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed several features coming soon to the messaging service. Stripping away Snapchat’s features, one after the other WhatsApp’s Disappearing Mode will turn it into a Snapchat replacement, allowing you to send disappearing messages to all your contacts, instead of turning it on for individual chats. Essentially, this will turn WhatsApp into an ephemeral app like Snapchat. All individual and group chats will have disappearing messages turned on by default once you enable Disappearing Mode. Instagram and Facebook Messenger already have this feature, called Vanish Mode. Zuckerberg also confirmed another feature called ‘View Once’. When turned on, this will allow users to…
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