WhatsApp is rolling out a feature that will prevent media from being automatically save to the smartphone’s gallery or Camera Roll, when disappearing messages are enable in a chat.
The encrypt messaging service will still allow users to manually save media sent in disappearing chats.
WhatsApp has also working on new image editing tools on the latest beta version of its iOS app, with the addition of two new pencil tools to annotate or markup images before sending them on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp has begun rolling out a change to the way media is save on disappearing chats.
Users on the latest versions of WhatsApp for Android and iOS will now see a message explaining that the “media visibility” feature has turn off for chats with disappearing messages enable.
The feature was first spot in development in February.
WhatsApp’s disappearing messages feature is design to remove messages from both the sender and recipient’s smartphones after a set period, and users can choose three options for disappearing chats, 24 hours, 7 days, and 90 days.
Messages, images, videos, GIFs, and other attachments sent in disappearing chats are automatically delete, and the latest update now disables the feature to automatically save all media sent in disappearing chats.
When users tap on the media visibility setting in disappearing chats, WhatsApp now shows a popup notification that informs users that messages in the chat are set to disappear.
Users will still be able to select individual images and save them to their Camera Roll on iOS, while Android users on some versions of WhatsApp will also be able to manually save media, according to the feature tracker.
This new WhatsApp for iOS beta version has begun testing a redesign media editor for some users, this is also expect to arrive in a future WhatsApp for Android beta build, according to the feature tracker.
This new update adds two new pencil drawing tools, locate at the bottom of the screen.
A blur tool has also been adds to the bottom of the media editor, near the new drawing tools.
These changes are only visible to some users on the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS and could be roll out to all users at a later date.
