WhatsApp is launching a new “Superior Chat Privateness” function that goals to forestall folks from taking conversations exterior the app. When the setting is turned on, you’ll be able to block others from exporting your chat historical past and mechanically downloading photographs and movies despatched within the app.
The function will stop folks from utilizing messages for Meta AI as effectively, which you’ll be able to presently use to ask questions inside a chat and generate photos.
By default, WhatsApp saves photos and movies in a chat to your cellphone’s native storage. It additionally allows you to and your recipients export chats (with or with out media) to your messages, e-mail, or notes app. The Superior Chat Privateness setting will stop this in group and particular person chats.
WhatsApp doesn’t say whether or not Superior Chat Privateness will stop folks from taking screenshots of your messages, or if customers can nonetheless manually obtain media from chats. The Verge reached out to WhatsApp for extra data however didn’t instantly hear again.
“We expect this function is finest used when speaking with teams the place it’s possible you’ll not know everybody intently however are nonetheless delicate in nature,” WhatsApp says in its announcement. WABetaInfo first noticed this function earlier this month, and now it’s rolling out to the most recent model of the app.
You possibly can activate the setting by tapping the identify of your chat and choosing Superior Chat Privateness. WhatsApp says that is solely the “first model” of this function, as the corporate plans so as to add extra protections sooner or later.