WhatsApp now allows users to edit already sent messages. The news was confirmed by Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg this Monday (22). with its feature, It will be possible to edit messages with typos, for example, within 15 minutes of sending..
The WhatsApp Twitter account itself confirmed this on Sunday, 21st. feature will be available to everyone “soon”but without too much detail. The idea of allowing posts to be edited comes in, among others, so that users can make corrections and even “add more context to a message”.
To edit a sent message on WhatsApp, you need to:
1. Tap and hold the message to open the context menu;
2. Select “Edit”;
3. Perform the edit.
On Android, users can select the message in question and then tap the “three dots” button in the upper right corner to display the edit option.
Messages will be flagged
After editing a message, the app will show an indication that it has been changed.. The signal shows just below the content that it’s an “Edited message” and when the next action is taken. However, the app claims that no edit history is displayed.
The launch of the new WhatsApp feature is happening worldwide starting today, but “it will be available to everyone. [os usuários] in the coming weeks”.
Source: Tec Mundo
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