WhatsApp testing feature that will let users save messages after 7 days

Since 2020, WhatsApp has offered disappearing messages. It is a feature that is available for group chats and one-on-one chats and can be turned on by the admin from the chat settings and automatically disappears all messages in the chat after seven days. This feature is useful for large group chats that exchange a lot of messages through the day and not all are important.

It's possible that that will change soon. WABetaInfo discovered that WhatsApp is testing a feature that will let you keep some of the messages from disappearing.

If disappearing messages are turned on, the platform is going to give you an option to save messages. This feature is going to be useful for saving information off a chat that might be important or needed later - like an address or a date, or maybe something sentimental or nice someone said. After seven days as usual, WhatsApp is going to give you access to these kept messages in a separate tab under chat contact information.

The screenshot shared by WABetaInfo shows a section under the Contact Info for a chat called Kept Messages This is where you can view the messages you have saved.

This new section is being added to the Kept Messages feature, which was referred to in a previous beta for WhatsApp and can be seen in the screenshot. This feature is going to be available for future betas on both Android and iOS, according to reports.

There is no information available about certain things that will be handy, but there is no information available yet. Like, would the person who sent the message that has been saved be notified if the message is saved? How do I save messages in a group chat scenario? Will these kept messages be accessible to everyone in the group?

We may learn more about this feature over time. There is no known when WhatsApp plans to roll this out.