It's a new feature that users have been hoping for for a long time, and it's about to arrive on Whatsapp. As we learned from the specialised site PhonAndroid in an article dated Wednesday, June 1st, the latest beta version of the instant messaging application (finally) welcomes an 'Edit' button, allowing you to modify a message after sending it.
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The 'Edit' function lands on Whatsapp
This is a relief for the billion active Whatsapp users worldwide, who have been waiting for several years for the messaging application from Meta (formerly Facebook) to finally catch up with competitors such as Discord, Skype, Slack, or Telegram on this particular point.
This means no more nasty spelling mistakes in messages you send to your employer or in the group chat with all your family members.
To use this feature, which should quickly become indispensable, you just have to press for a few moments on the message to be modified, then a drop-down menu will appear before your eyes, proposing to edit its content.
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No official announcement, but...
While no official announcement has been made yet, it seems that this possibility will be realised in the near future on the messaging service, which has shown its will to modernise itself to offer a constantly improved experience to its users.
The possibility of integrating an 'Edit' button on Whatsapp has long been envisaged. Back in 2017, another beta version of the application already offered this option. But this was then removed from the final version of the update.
This article has been translated from Gentside FR.
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