WhatsApp Launches “View Once” Feature

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WhatsApp Launches “View Once” Feature

WASHINGTON — Facebook-owned Instant messaging application WhatsApp has introduced the disappearing photos and videos feature to the stable version of the app on Aug 3. The feature is called ‘View Once’ and works similarly to Instagram’s expiring media feature. “We have come up with ‘Watch Once’ mode. Photos and videos sent with this mode will disappear from the chat once viewed, […]

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28

1963

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15

1897

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2

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1914

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6

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2

1837

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