WhatsApp is working on editing text messages!
After announcing that some major features are under development such as group polls and WhatsApp Premium, WhatsApp is finally working on the ability to edit text messages for a future update of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop!
| Common questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Name of the feature? | Edit text messages |
| Status? | Under development |
| Availability? | WhatsApp is working on bringing the ability to edit text messages for a future update of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop. |
| I’ve installed this update but I cannot edit text messages. Why? | This feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta testers, but you can discover a preview in this article. |
| Previous news? | WhatsApp is working on setting up cover photos on Desktop |
WhatsApp is finally focusing on developing more messaging features, and we are happy to announce what the next major feature is today. After releasing the ability to react to message as a new messaging feature, WhatsApp is now working on letting users edit their text messages for a future update of the app! If you are curious, we have already announced this feature 5 years ago on Twitter but WhatsApp discarded it after some days. Finally, WhatsApp is now developing the edit button for text messages again!
As you can see in this screenshot, WhatsApp is developing a new option that will let us edit text messages, so we will finally be able to fix any typo after sending a message! Probably there won’t be an edit history to check previous versions of edited messages but since this feature is under development, their plans may change before releasing the feature. In addition, details about the time window to let people edit their messages are unknown at the moment, but we will immediately let you know when there is news.
Note that, even if this screenshot is taken from WhatsApp beta for Android, WhatsApp is working on bringing the same feature to WhatsApp beta for iOS and Desktop, and more details will be available later. Unfortunately, since this feature is under development, we do not know when it will be rolled out to beta testers, but be sure you can find an updated article on this website when the feature will be released.
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