The

WhatsApp

messaging application

has begun to test in its beta for Android mobiles the new function that allows you to send

photos and videos that are automatically deleted after being seen once,

so that WhatsApp swallows one of the functions for which many people used apps like Snapchat: being able to send intimate photos without risk of ending up where they shouldn't.

This function, which the CEO of Facebook, owner of WhatsApp, had already publicly confirmed at the beginning of June along with multi-device support, incorporates a new mode for temporary messages, with which you can send

images and ephemeral videos that disappear after being seen.

Beyond the use for more private matters, this function guarantees greater control over the images and videos that are sent through WhatsApp, although it

is not clear if the application will in any way prevent screen captures

of these ephemeral messages. .

Since this Wednesday, as the specialized portal WABetaInfo has warned, the function has begun to reach users of the

latest beta of WhatsApp for the Android operating system,

version 2.21.14.3.

The feature,

known as 'View Once',

is shown to users when they select an image or video to share, and appears in the form of a

button with a number one icon

next to the green arrow to send.

When photos or videos are sent using the 'View Once' function,

the receiver can only view them once and closing them deletes them

.

In addition, the user who sends them receives a notification when the file is opened, and can see it in the message information when they are sent by a group.

If a user has disabled the double blue reading tick, they will not be able to see when the receiver has opened a single glance image that has been sent to them.

In groups, however, you can see when other members have opened this type of content.

WhatsApp

does not currently have protection measures that prevent screenshots from being taken

when ephemeral content is viewed.

Blocked contacts in groups can access these files.

Although at the moment the function is only activated for some users of the latest beta of WhatsApp on Android and not in the stable app,

the rest of people with previous versions of the app who receive ephemeral images will also be able to see them only once

.

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