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WhatsApp Update: What to say! Secret message will be automatically deleted after reading, new feature coming soon
Samira Vishwas | March 23, 2026 3:24 PM CST

  • New features and updates enhance users’ privacy and security
  • Preparing to release new features
  • Testing a new feature called After Reading

A messaging platform WhatsApp It keeps releasing new updates from time to time for its crores of users. New features and updates are continuously released to enhance users’ privacy and security. Now once again the company is preparing to release a new feature. Some updates have also surfaced regarding this new feature. It is said that this new feature will increase the privacy and security of the users. According to a recently released report, the company has been testing a new feature called After Reading for the past few days. In this feature, after reading the secret message, it will be deleted automatically after some time. Let’s know how this new feature will work and how users can use it.

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How will the new feature work?

WABetaInfo’s latest report has informed about the company’s upcoming feature. The report states that if the user has enabled this feature, a timer will start when the other person reads the message. The countdown will start after 15 minutes after opening the message. After this timer is completed, the message will be automatically deleted from both sides. Users are also likely to get the facility to set a timer in this feature. In this, users will be able to set the time for automatic deletion of messages on both sides according to their account. If you haven’t opened the message then the message will automatically expire after 24 hours. The upcoming feature has been reported in WhatsApp’s Android beta version 2.26.12.2. This feature is currently being tested. (Photo Courtesy – Pinterest)

Will the privacy of users increase due to the new feature?

It is said that this feature will be beneficial for users who share sensitive information on WhatsApp. If you share OTP, password, address or personal details or verification code on WhatsApp and you don’t want this information to be saved in the chat for a long time, then this new feature can help you. This will reduce the risk of data leakage.

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How will this feature be different from View Ones?

The company has already released the View Once feature for WhatsApp. Using this feature, users can send photos, videos, audios or documents in such a way that the other user can see them only once. The After Reading feature will have a timer set, which will disappear within 15 minutes after the recipient has viewed the message, so that private messages cannot be viewed by anyone else.


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