WhatsApp has added one other useful function replace, with customers now in a position to edit sent messages in the app for a interval after hitting ‘Send’.
As you may see on this instance, you’ll now be capable to replace any despatched message, inside quarter-hour of submitting it, which is able to assist to handle small errors inside your DMs.
As per WhatsApp:
“From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra context to a message, we’re excited to bring you more control over your chats. All you need to do is long-press on a sent message and choose ‘Edit’ from the menu for up to fifteen minutes after.”
Edited messages will present an ‘edited’ marker alongside them, so readers are conscious of any corrections, although you received’t have an edit historical past – so that you received’t be capable to see what was edited, particularly, in every remark.
It’s a useful replace, which is able to assist with these notably annoying auto-correct points or avoiding the context of your message will be misconstrued based mostly on submitting the unsuitable phrase since you’re typing shortly. And the 15-minute window is an effective period of time to catch any modifications – although you may at all times nonetheless clarify mistypes in a later follow-up if wanted.
WhatsApp’s new modifying replace is being rolled out to customers globally from in the present day, and can be out there to everybody ‘in the coming weeks’.