Say goodbye to typos: WhatsApp launches edit message feature

WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that allows users to edit their messages within a 15-minute window after sending them. To use this feature, users simply need to long-press on a sent message and select the “Edit” option from the menu.

When a message is edited, it will be marked as such, indicating that it has been modified. This feature eliminates the previous inconvenience of having to delete a hastily sent message and send a fresh one. In such cases, recipients were notified of the deleted message with a replacement stating, “This message was deleted.”

However, the edit history will not be displayed, ensuring that the original content remains private.

The end-to-end encryption that safeguards all personal messages, media and calls on the platform also applies to the edited messages.

According to a blog post by WhatsApp, the global rollout of this feature has already begun and will be available to all users in the coming weeks.

IT’S HERE 📣 Message Editing is rolling out now.

You now get up to 15 minutes after sending a message to edit it. So you don’t have to worry if you duck it up 🦆 pic.twitter.com/JCWNzmXwVr

— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) May 22, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, shared a WhatsApp update on his Facebook page, demonstrating a message that was changed from “Beast of luck!” to “Best of luck!”

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