Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on extending the time limit for the 'delete for everyone' feature.
The 'delete for everyone' option was rolled out in 2017 and initially had a time limit of seven seconds that later got extended to 4,096 seconds in 2018. Now, As per a WaBetaInfo report, the time limit for using the 'delete for everyone' feature may be increased to an indefinite period.
The publication even shared a screenshot where it showcased that a message from three months ago was still eligible to get deleted for both people.
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WABetaInfo also reports separately that WhatsApp Beta for iOS (v2.21.220.15) is getting a new video playback interface to allow users to pause, play the video in fullscreen, or close the picture-in-picture window.
Recently, WhatsApp also started rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android users globally.
With the new update, if a user chooses to back up his chat history with end-to-end encryption, it will be accessible only to him, and no one will be able to unlock the backup.
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Neither WhatsApp nor the backup service provider will be able to access their end-to-end encryption backup.
