WHATSAPP is letting users protect texts from fading away when the Disappearing Messages feature is switched on.
The new feature is called Keep in Chat and will be rolled out globally over the next few weeks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last night.
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“Anyone in a disappearing message thread can long press on a message to keep it,” Zuckerberg explains.
“The sender will be notified if it was saved and can decide if it stays or remains a disappearing message.”
Meta-owned WhatsApp introduced the Disappearing Messages feature in 2020.
It was designed so messenger conversations could mirror in-person chats in that they are one-time only.
It also acted as an extra layer of privacy for messages.
But it proved frustrating to some users when there was something they wanted to remember or save in a conversation, such as an address or restaurant recommendation.
The Keep in Chat feature lets people in chats with Disappearing Messages turned on hang on to texts they may need for later.
It also acts as a “special superpower” for the sender, according to WhatsApp, which gives them ultimate control over what is kept.
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Although the sender will be notified when someone keeps a message, and will have the ability to ultimately block the decision.
“If you’ve decided your message can’t be kept by others, your decision is final,” says WhatsApp.
“No one else can keep it and the message will be deleted when the timer expires.”
Saved messaged will be noted with a bookmark icon and you can see these messages, organised by chat, in the Kept Messages folder.
To view your kept messages, tap chat info > Kept messages.
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