Tag: WHATSAAP MESSAGES

WhatsApp New Feature Update: How to pin a message

How to pin a message

Android: You can pin one message to the top of a chat. The message will stay at the top of the chat as a banner for 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days. Tap on the pinned message banner to navigate to the message in the chat.

Pin a message

A pinned message is displayed as a banner at the top of the chat until it’s unpinned.

Android: Tap and hold the message. Tap > Pin > select the pin duration (24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days) > Pin.

iPhone: Tap and hold the message. Tap More options > Pin > select the pin duration (24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days).

Web and Desktop: Go to the message you want to pin and click > Pin message > select the pin duration (24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days) > Pin.

Unpin a message

You can unpin a message at any time. If a pin isn’t unpinned, it will automatically unpin when the set duration expires.

Android: Tap and hold the message > Unpin > Unpin.

iPhone: Tap and hold the message > More options > Unpin > Unpin.

Web and Desktop: Go to the message you want to unpin and click > Unpin > Unpin.

Pin a message in group chats

Group admins can choose to allow members to pin messages in a group chat.

Android: Open the group chat and tap > Group Settings > turn Edit group settings on or off.

iPhone: Open the group chat and tap Group info > Group Settings > Edit Group Settings > select All members or Only Admins.

When you pin a message in a group chat, a system message is shared with everyone in the chat indicating that a message was pinned and who pinned it. Users can’t see a pinned message if they join a group after a pinned message is sent, if they lost or cleared their chat history, or if they deleted the message before it was pinned.

Web and Desktop: Open the group chat and click Group info > Group settings > Edit group info > select All members or Only admins.

How to send view once photos and video on WhatsApp

About view once

For added privacy, you can now send photos and videos that disappear from your WhatsApp chat after the recipient has opened them once. To use view once, please update WhatsApp to the latest version available for your device.

  • Media will not be saved to the recipient’s Photos or Gallery.
  • Once you send a view once photo or video, you won’t be able to view it again.
  • You can’t forward, save, star, or share photos or videos that were sent or received with view once media enabled.
  • You can only see if a recipient has opened a view once photo or video if they have read receipts turned on.
  • If you don’t open the photo or video within 14 days of it being sent, the media will expire from the chat.
  • You must select view once media each time you want to send a view once photo or video.
  • View once media can be restored from backup if the message is unopened at the time of back up. If the photo or video has already been opened, the media will not be included in the backup and can’t be restored.

Note:

  • Only send photos or videos with view once media enabled to trusted individuals. For example, it’s possible for someone to:
    • Take a screenshot or screen recording of the media before it disappears. You won’t be notified if someone takes a screenshot or screen recording.
    • Take a photo or video of the media with a camera or other device before it disappears.
  • Encrypted media may be stored for a few weeks on WhatsApp’s servers after you’ve sent it.
  • If a recipient chooses to report view once media, the media will be provided to WhatsApp. You can find out more about reporting messages on WhatsApp in this article.

WhatsApp’s new feature will also delete old messages in the group itself

WhatsApp is going to extend the feature of its dispensing messages to all the members of a group. The feature has been introduced in the last years, so that the seven day old WhatsApp messages are removed from the old WhatsApp chat. This feature will now also be available for group chat.

The feature will be present not just for the admin, but for all the members of the WhatsApp group. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, the feature will soon be available for every WhatsApp group.

Airing Private Whatsapp messages detrimental to rights of accused, dangerous for administration of justice: Govt to SC

Airing Private Whatsapp messages detrimental to rights of accused, dangerous for administration of justice: Govt to SC

Attorney General K K Venugopal yesterday told the Supreme Court that there is an urgent need to strike a balance between freedom of speech and contempt of court as the media is foraying into forbidden territory. He added that a bail petition is filed in a court of law and TV channels go to town with private WhatsApp conversation messages of the accused. This is prejudicial to the rights of the accused and is very dangerous for the administration of justice.