WhatsApp is releasing a new feature that allows users to edit already sent messages within fifteen minutes. The feature is now being rolled out globally and should be available to everyone ‘in the coming weeks’.
After sending, WhatsApp users can long-press a message within 15 minutes, after which a menu will show the option ‘ edit’ appears, writes the chat service . Once edited, a message remains marked as such; the sender and recipient can see that a message has been modified and at what time.
There is no edit history available, so previous versions of the message cannot be viewed or restored. As far as we know, the editing function is coming to both the mobile version and the web version of WhatsApp, as the function has already been tested for those platforms in beta releases.
So far, WhatsApp has only been able to edit messages that have already been sent. after which the sender can send a possible correction. In that case, a former speech bubble with the text “You have deleted this message” will always remain visible in the conversation. The editing function has been tested among beta testers for some time.
