{"id":14851,"date":"2023-05-26T10:53:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=14851"},"modified":"2023-05-30T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:49:34","slug":"message-editing-now-available-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/message-editing-now-available-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Message editing feature now available on WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">WhatsApp has added a new feature that allows users to edit sent messages. This new feature was announced in a statement by <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp\u2019s Blog<\/a> on Monday, May 22, 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">WhatsApp is a free messaging and video calling Application (App) with over two billion people spread across 180 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/about.meta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meta<\/a>-owned messaging platform on Tuesday revealed that its users can now edit sent messages within the first 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages. From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra content to a message, we\u2019re excited to bring you more control over your chats,\u201d part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">To enjoy this new feature, WhatsApp users can open a chat, long press on a sent message and choose \u2018edit\u2019 from the menu within 15 minutes of sending the message.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The edited message will display \u201cedited\u201d to let the receiver know a correction was made without showing the edit history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" data-attachment-id=\"14853\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/message-editing-now-available-on-whatsapp\/image-85-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-85.png?fit=1242%2C918&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,918\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-85\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-85.png?fit=1024%2C757&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-85.png?resize=1024%2C757\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14853\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-85.png?resize=1024%2C757&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-85.png?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-85.png?resize=768%2C568&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-85.png?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Images showing the new feature.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">According to the messaging App, this feature has started rolling out globally and will be available to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">users<\/a> in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has added a new feature that allows users to edit sent messages. This new feature was announced in a statement by WhatsApp\u2019s Blog on Monday, May 22, 2023.&nbsp; WhatsApp is a free messaging and video calling Application (App) with over two billion people spread across 180 countries. The Meta-owned messaging platform on Tuesday revealed that its users can now edit sent messages within the first 15 minutes. \u201cWhen you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages. From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra content to a message, we\u2019re excited to bring you more control over your chats,\u201d part of the statement reads. To enjoy this new feature, WhatsApp users can open a chat, long press on a sent message and choose \u2018edit\u2019 from the menu within 15 minutes of sending the message.&nbsp; The edited message will display \u201cedited\u201d to let the receiver know a correction was made without showing the edit history.&nbsp; According to the messaging App, this feature has started rolling out globally and will be available to users in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[123,1688],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3793],"class_list":["post-14851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainstream","category-news"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-3Rx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3793,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"lademi-aborisade","display_name":"Lademi Aborisade","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-84.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14864,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions\/14864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14851"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=14851"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=14851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}