According to a new report by WebBetaInfo, WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let users put advanced privacy on their chats which will enable them to have full control over the decision to let people export their chats or save any media or not. This feature was recently spotted in the iOS Beta version and in the Android Beta version too. This feature can be enabled from the toggle in the settings for single and group chats.
When it is enabled, it stops users from exporting their entire chat history out of WhatsApp and they won't be able to auto automatically download images and videos from that chat as well. It is still unclear whether the media can be downloaded manually or not. This feature will prevent any type of media you send to get automatically saved in galleries. This is similar to how disappearing messages work when messages or media do not get saved automatically after they are sent.
When this advanced privacy setting is enabled in a group chat, all members get notified and Meta AI also gets disabled because of this setting. It is still possible to send individual messages or take screenshots when this setting is enabled, so this means that it will slow down efforts to save chats and not prevent it completely. This feature is only available for beta and there is no news about when it will be available for all users.
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When it is enabled, it stops users from exporting their entire chat history out of WhatsApp and they won't be able to auto automatically download images and videos from that chat as well. It is still unclear whether the media can be downloaded manually or not. This feature will prevent any type of media you send to get automatically saved in galleries. This is similar to how disappearing messages work when messages or media do not get saved automatically after they are sent.
When this advanced privacy setting is enabled in a group chat, all members get notified and Meta AI also gets disabled because of this setting. It is still possible to send individual messages or take screenshots when this setting is enabled, so this means that it will slow down efforts to save chats and not prevent it completely. This feature is only available for beta and there is no news about when it will be available for all users.
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