After experimenting with new time frames for temporary messages in your app, the WhatsApp recently returned to test an option that will prevent these messages from disappearing in the chat. The information is from WABetaInfo.
Under development for at least a year, the feature can be accessed by tapping and holding a message for a few seconds until a contextual menu appears on the screen — where it is also possible to forward or reply to a message, for example.
As you can see in the image below, WhatsApp has added a new option to this menu titled “Keep” (or “Manter”, in Portuguese). Once the user taps on this option, the message is marked with a small stamp right next to the time it was sent, which signals that it will be kept.
Before, it is worth noting, the messenger only displayed an alert in the middle of the smartphone screen asking whether or not the user wanted to keep a message. The new implementation, on the other hand, is more subtle.
To cancel this option, simply repeat the process and tap “Unkeep” (something like “Do not keep”). Still according to the WABetaInfoyou can keep not only your own temporary messages, but also those of other people.
In addition, the user can check all the messages kept in a conversation through a new section of the app called “Main messages” — which was also tested last year. This feature, it’s worth noting, doesn’t prevent someone from manually deleting a message.
The feature was only released for some people in version 23.7.0.72 of the Messenger on TestFlight. It is not yet clear whether or not WhatsApp intends to expand the novelty to more people in the future.
New interface design
People with access to the beta version of WhatsApp on TestFlight have also started to notice a change in the look of the messenger’s interface in recent times. Now, the app’s menu sections appear with a rounded look much like the rest of the system.
According to WABetaInfo, the idea behind the messenger is to make your app’s design more consistent with iOS itself, in addition to giving the menus a cleaner look. Apple, it’s worth remembering, adopted this rounded look for menu sections in the Settings app with iOS/iPadOS 15.
The prediction is that this new design will be released soon to all WhatsApp beta users who have iOS 13 or higher installed.
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