WhatsApp for Android beta gets 15-minute message editing function

[Jan]

WhatsApp testing edit button

WhatsApp is testing the ability to edit sent messages within chats and groups in its latest Android beta, WABetaInfo reports.

The feature is available to some users in the latest version of the beta, enabling testers to edit messages after they've been sent. However, there's a catch — the feature is only available within 15 minutes of sending.

 

[Death]

About time this comes as a feature. 15 minutes is fine. I know other applications with similar limitations on editing times.

I can finally stop sending a follow up text with things like

*secretary

 

[Madhawk]

It gets tiring correcting their, there, we’re, were, where, then, than….

 

[The_MAC]

Racists be like..

 

[lkpat]

Whatsapp dev contemplating an edit button - circa 2023.

 

[Death]

Racists be like..

The delete feature came too late for Margharet Van Wyk and her ""Hokkie Ouers" group photo

 

[The_MAC]

The delete feature came too late for Margharet Van Wyk and her ""Hokkie Ouers" group photo

A innocent victim of technical design delays, a travesty I say..