WhatsApp’s privacy blast, now a 15-minute countdown will start as soon as the message is read, the chat will be automatically deleted.

News India Live, Digital Desk: The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has prepared to introduce a new and extremely secure feature to further strengthen the privacy of its users. this new feature ‘After Reading’ The name has been given. Its biggest feature is that as soon as the receiver reads your message, exactly 15 minutes later, that message will disappear forever from the chat history of both sides. This feature will prove to be a ‘game changer’ for those who frequently share OTP, passwords or other confidential information.

How will this 15 minute auto-delete timer work?

Till now, 24 hours, 7 days and 90 days options were available for ‘Disappearing Messages’ on WhatsApp, but the new ‘After Reading’ feature is more strict and faster:

Countdown begins: As soon as the recipient opens and reads the message, WhatsApp will start a 15-minute ‘countdown’.

24 hour deadline: If the recipient does not read the message, for security reasons the message will automatically expire and be deleted 24 hours after being sent.

Cleaning from both sides: As soon as 15 minutes are over, the message will be erased from the phones of both the sender and the receiver.

Will work even if blue tick (Read Receipts) is closed

Often for privacy, many users keep their ‘blue tick’ off, so that it is not known whether the message has been read or not. But this new system of WhatsApp is so smart that it will track in the background when the message has been opened. As soon as the message is opened, a 15-minute self-destruct timer will start, regardless of the receiver’s read-receipt settings. This feature will now add an extra layer of security for normal text messages, just like ‘View Once’ (for photos/videos).

When will this new feature be available?

Currently this feature WhatsApp Beta for Android (version 2.26.12.2) Spotted in. Right now it is in the development stage, which means the company is testing its nuances. Soon it can be rolled out globally first for beta testers and then for all Android and iOS users. You’ll be able to set this as the ‘default’ for a specific contact or for all chats by going to your chat settings.