New Delhi: On Monday, popular instant messaging service WhatsApp made the long-awaited message editing feature official for its users. The company owned by Meta announced that users of WhatsApp will now be able to edit their sent messages within a 15-minute time frame in a blog post. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, posted an announcement about the feature's debut on Facebook.

In recent weeks, WhatsApp has added a number of helpful features for its users. It should be noted that one of the most eagerly awaited and requested features by WhatsApp users has been the newest message editing feature. It not only enables users to fix mistakes or add more information to a message, but it also gives them more control over their chats.

Although the new function will let users edit sent messages, WhatsApp warned that such texts will have the "edited" tag next to them. The edit history, however, would not be visible to either the sender or the recipient. The business added that, like regular messages, media, and calls on the messaging platform, edited messages are also secured by end-to-end encryption.

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WhatsApp also outlined in the blog post how users could access the message editing feature.To edit a sent message, you must first open the personal or group chat where it was originally sent. Next, select "Edit" from the menu that appears, make the necessary adjustments, and then save the document.Only recent (15 minutes) messages can be used with this option.

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The message editing feature has begun rolling out globally, according to WhatsApp, and will be accessible to all users in the upcoming weeks. According to reports, it will be available on WhatsApp's Android, iOS, and web interfaces.

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Recently, WhatsApp has been on a roll, adding a number of new features to improve the user experience within the app. These include, among other things, the update to the polling and community tools, the iOS sticker maker tool, the privacy-focused Chat Lock option, and the ability to use a WhatsApp account on multiple phones. According to reports, the business is also developing a feature to stop spam calls and messages.