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WhatsApp is developing a new feature for iOS that will allow users to

save temporary messages after the display period

established by the sender in the chat has expired, that is, 24 hours, seven days or 90 days after having been shipped.

The company introduced temporary messages - which are automatically deleted - in November 2020, while in August 2021 it implemented a similar measure for multimedia files, which are deleted after viewing them only once.

Now, the app has just sent a new update to the WhatsApp beta version for iOS 22.9.0.72 through the

TestFlight beta

program , in which it shows that it is developing the

ability to keep messages that are temporary

.

It had previously been seen in beta for Android.

As WABetaInfo has warned in this update, the application offers users the possibility of keeping these temporary messages, but

on the condition that any other user can cancel that saving

.

In a screenshot shared by this portal you can see the message that indicates this option.

"Keep this message? The message will no longer disappear from this chat. Anyone can unmark it," WhatsApp says in the first place.

Next, in another image, the application announces that in the event that none of the users save said message, it will be deleted and will no longer be available to all the contacts in a group or the two people who have started an individual chat.

WABetaInfo has noted that this

feature is under development

, ie not available to beta testers, and its appearance in final rollout to all users may change.

However, because this version of WhatsApp has not yet reached the testers, it is also possible that the company will finally choose not to implement it globally.

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