WhatsApp new feature update: Major development - disappearing photos, videos - Check how they work

WhatsApp disappearing photos feature: In a major development, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp, a famous instant messaging platform, is rolling out the disappearing photos and videos feature for beta users, which is called -- View Once. Photos and videos will disappear once the receiver opens it and leaves the chat. 

The View Once feature is currently available for Android WhatsApp users. According to the WaBetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp, Android users will be able to send disappearing photos by just choosing photos from the gallery.

WhatsApp is rolling out photos and videos set to view once on Android today!

You can finally send photos and videos set to view once if you're an Android beta tester!

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) June 29, 2021

 "We talked about a feature called expiring media in the last months, better known as view once: photos and videos sent using this mode can only be viewed once, and they disappear from the chat after you dismiss the photo or the video," the WaBetaInfo reported.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp, earlier confirmed to WABetaInfo that this feature was coming on WhatsApp very soon and they kept their word. WhatsApp is finally rolling out this feature on WhatsApp for Android today.

Follow this simple step to verify if the feature is already enabled for your WhatsApp account: Just check if there is a view once button when sharing the media.

Once selected, you will have to tap on the clock-like icon, which the app will display near the “Add a caption” bar. You can then send disappearing photos to your friends and family members. When you send photos and videos using view once, they can only be viewed once, and you’re notified when the recipient has opened them.

"If you disable read receipts, the recipient will still see if you have opened the photo or video set to view once, but you cannot see when the recipient open yours. In groups you can see when other participants open expiring photos even if you have disabled read receipts," the report said.

The recipient might save the photo or video taking screenshots or video captures, and WhatsApp won’t notify you because there isn’t a screenshot detection.  You can also share photos and videos set to view once in groups, and you can see who opened them in Message Info.

Blocked contacts in common groups can still open those photos and videos: in fact, they cannot message or call you but they can still interact with you in groups. If you send a photo using view once to people that haven’t this feature enabled, the view once feature will still work and they can only view it once. ​The feature is available today for all Android beta testers.