WhatsApp will now let you send ephemeral messages — but they’ll last 7 days

The Next Web
By Ivan MehtaNov 5, 2020, 4:20 am108 pts
WhatsApp is finally rolling out ephemeral messages, the ones that’ll disappear after a fixed amount of time. There’s a catch though. Your disappearing messages will last for seven days on the chat. “Our goal is to make conversations on WhatsApp feel as close to in-person as possible, which means they…

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