A unique feature may soon be added to WhatsApp, media files will be automatically deleted.

These days WhatsApp is working on a new feature called Expiring Media, under this feature, media files like photos, videos and GIFs received as soon as users leave the chat will automatically disappear from the chat after one view. It is believed that this latest feature is an extension of the Expiring Messages feature, on which the instant messaging company has been working for some time. WhatsApp users with expired media will be able to temporarily send photos and videos to other users.

WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo has shared some screenshots. Android-2-20-201-1-whats-new/” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>shared In which the use of this feature can be seen. As can be seen in a screenshot, this feature will be available for access through a dedicated timer button. Users have to tap on that button after adding the media file to their chat. As per other screenshots, select media will enable content expiration.

According to the report of WABetaInfo, the expiring media feature enabled photos and videos will disappear completely as soon as the user to whom they have been sent leaves the chat window. Not only this, apart from this, WhatsApp has also introduced a timer icon for the media files sent through this feature, so that the users receiving the file can know that the sent file is for a limited time only. Will disappear.

WABetaInfo mentioned that this new feature has been developed for Android users at the initial stage, although it will be provided to both Android and iPhone users.

Let us tell you, the expiring media feature of WhatsApp is much like that of Instagram, in which photos and videos sent by users in direct messages automatically disappear. Instagram groups its users message Also gives facility to disappear media files.

Last month, hints of expired messages feature were seen in WhatsApp beta version 2.20.197.10 released for Android. As soon as this feature is enabled, chats older than 7 days will automatically disappear. The screenshots shared in reference to this feature also indicate that not only chats but also media files using the expiry message feature will disappear along with the chats. However, some photos and videos can be saved before they expire.

It is worth noting that WhatsApp has neither made public any information about expiring messages nor told anything about expiring media. At present, it is also not clear when these new features will be delivered to the users.