WhatsApp latest update: Default message timer, multiple durations released - all details here

Meta-owned instant messaging application WhatsApp has announced that a new update is available on the app store, which will bring the version up to 2.21.240. The messaging application has been rolling out several updates for Android and iOS users.

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WABetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp, took to micro-blogging Twitter and wrote:  "WhatsApp Messenger for iOS 2.21.240: what’s new? After announcing a default message timer and multiple durations about disappearing messages, WhatsApp is now rolling out these features for the new WhatsApp update on the App Store."

After announcing a default message timer and multiple durations about disappearing messages, WhatsApp is now rolling out these features for the new WhatsApp update on the App Store. Also, the messaging application platform has added a new feature to its disappearing messages feature that allows users to designate messages to be automatically removed after a certain amount of time has passed.

WhatsApp has announced that users will now be able to turn on disappearing messages for all new chats automatically. It is also offering users more control over how long communication is kept before being removed. When the feature was first introduced in November of last year, the only choice was for communications to be deleted after seven days.

According to the company, enabling disappearing messages by default will have no impact on existing chats. When users start a new chat, they will see a prompt stating that the functionality of the disappearing message is enabled, as well as a statement stating that it is enabled by default.