WhatsApp has simply made it simpler to be aware of extra necessary messages from inside a dialog. Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp head Will Cathcart have each introduced on their respective WhatsApp channels that you’re going to now be capable of pin as much as three messages to the highest of a chat, permitting you fast entry to any info you need. As TechCrunch notes, you would solely pin one message from the time the characteristic launched in December up till now. However with this replace, chances are you’ll now not have to save lots of, say, addresses or recipes you get from mates in separate be aware recordsdata.
The Meta-owned messaging app has additionally up to date its Assist Middle to replicate the brand new three-message rule. You’ll be able to pin not simply textual content messages, but additionally photographs and polls, they usually’ll keep on the prime of the chat for twenty-four hours, 7 days or a complete month. If you happen to pin only one message, it’s going to present up because the chat banner. However in case you pin extra, the banner exhibits what number of messages are pinned, with the newest one showing first if you faucet on it.
To pin a message, you solely need to press on it, choose “pin” and select the period you need. You’ll be able to unpin messages the identical manner in case you do not need to see it on the prime of your chat anymore earlier than the deadline you set comes up. Again in December WhatsApp additionally launched voice messages that self-destruct for those who need an additional layer of safety and privateness. And if an unconfirmed report that went out earlier this yr is true, then we may anticipate the service to launch an AirDrop-like file sharing functionality sooner or later.
