WhatsApp will now let you recall messages you didn’t mean to send

We’ve all sent messages we wish we haven’t and finally WhatsApp is making sure the unintended recipients don’t see the message with its latest update. The Facebook-owned messaging app will let you delete messages for all people within a conversation. Like a lot of messaging apps out there, you can only delete a message for yourself. But now, this “delete for everyone” feature will get rid of the message for everyone. There are a few caveats, though. One is you’ll need to delete the message within seven minutes. After that, you can’t take the message back. Another is that all conversation participants need to have the latest version of WhatsApp to get the feature to work. If you fulfill these requirements, then you’re good to go.

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Facebook tests WhatsApp button in main app on Android

Facebook is constantly testing out new things in its main app. This time around, it’s looking to bring attention to its subsidiary WhatsApp. The social network is placing a dedicated WhatsApp button on the main Facebook app, which can be accessed from the menu tab. The button is basically a shortcut to the WhatsApp, so you don’t have to leave the app to launch the messaging service. It’s not showing up to all users and the one who found the shortcut claims it showed up for him when he switched Facebook’s language setting to Danish. It’s not surprising as Facebook has done some limited testing in that country before. Whether this gets a wider release is something we can’t confirm. From our end, Instagram also has this quick launch shortcut on Facebook.

Source: The Next Web

WhatsApp has its own Snapchat-like disappearing photos and videos

Facebook is really bent on bringing Snapchat’s features to its products. This time, WhatsApp is getting its new “Status” feature, which lets you share photos, GIFs, and videos that expire after 24 hours. If you are either on Snapchat or on the other Facebook-owned Instagram, you know how Status works. You can also decorate the videos and photos you take with the app and either share these with all your contacts or with select groups or individuals. WhatsApp launches the feature in time for the app’s eighth anniversary. It comes to its Android, iOS, and Windows Phone users.

Source: MacRumors

WhatsApp to finally get video calling feature

A long-awaited feature is finally coming to WhatsApp: free video calls. The ability to make one-on-one video calls is coming to the app in the coming days. It can be accessed in the same location you access voice calls, under the phone icon in one-on-one chat windows. For now there won’t be group video calls as WhatsApp wanted to make sure the feature can work on older devices or those who have slower connections.

Source: Mashable