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The company is also developing new features to display user profile information within chats and introduce voice chats for larger groups...
WhatsApp is now reintroducing the ability for its desktop users to send view once videos to contacts..
However, WhatsApp has now reversed this decision, recognizing the importance of the view once feature for enhancing user privacy...
Just like Snapchat users, WhatsApp's view once feature allows users to send temporary media without it being saved to the recipient's gallery..
The feature allows users to send temporary media that disappears after the recipient has viewed it once..
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