{"id":510888,"date":"2021-08-04T11:16:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T09:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=510888"},"modified":"2021-08-04T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T09:17:34","slug":"new-view-once-feature-launches-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/510888\/new-view-once-feature-launches-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;View Once&#8217; feature launches on WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has announced the launch of View Once, a feature that lets you send photos or videos which can only be opened once before they are deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Once the recipient of the photo or video exits the media viewer, it will no longer be visible in that chat, and they can\u2019t view it again.<\/p>\n<p>View Once photos and videos aren\u2019t saved to the recipient\u2019s Photos or Gallery, and they can\u2019t forward, save, star, or share them.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp has been beta testing the feature\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/404399-whatsapp-rolling-out-new-view-once-feature-for-photos-and-videos.html\"><strong>since the end of June<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It augments WhatsApp\u2019s existing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/375356-whatsapp-rolls-out-disappearing-messages.html\"><strong>disappearing messages functionality<\/strong><\/a>, which was launched towards the end of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Those running the latest version of WhatsApp can send view once media by following these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In any chat, tap the camera to take a photo or video, or tap attach to select media to upload from your device.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the new \u201c1\u201d icon that appears next in the message text box.<\/li>\n<li>Tap send.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Videos recorded using WhatsApp are limited to 16MB.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.whatsapp.com\/iphone\/chats\/how-to-send-and-open-view-once-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0you would see an opened receipt in the chat once the recipient has viewed the photo or video, provided they have read receipts turned on.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t open the photo or video within 14 days of it being sent, the media will expire from the chat.<\/p>\n<p>You must select view once media each time you want to send a view once photo or video.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.whatsapp.com\/general\/chats\/about-view-once\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that view once media can be restored from backup if the message is unopened at the time of back up.<\/p>\n<p>If the photo or video has already been opened, the media will not be included in the backup and can\u2019t be restored.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp also noted that encrypted media might be stored for a few weeks on WhatsApp\u2019s servers after you\u2019ve sent it.<\/p>\n<p>If a recipient reports view once media, it will be sent to WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>It also warned that someone could take a screenshot, screen recording, photo, or video of the media before it disappears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou won\u2019t be notified if someone takes a screenshot or screen recording,\u201d said WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly send photos or videos with view once media enabled to trusted individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New feature alert!<\/p>\n<p>You can now send photos and videos that disappear after they\u2019ve been opened via View Once on WhatsApp, giving you more control over your chats privacy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ig5BWbX1Ow\">pic.twitter.com\/Ig5BWbX1Ow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1422678722398748676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>This article was first published on MyBroadband. You can read the original <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/408600-whatsapp-gets-major-new-feature.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/510792\/telkom-reports-strong-mobile-and-fibre-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telkom reports strong mobile and fibre growth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has announced the launch of View Once, a feature that lets you send photos or videos which can only be opened once before they are deleted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":510890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,2118],"class_list":["post-510888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510894,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510888\/revisions\/510894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}