WhatsApp might add the ability to edit messages

Actually, we wanted Twitter to do it but we guess WhatsApp will do.
 By 
Stan Schroeder
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WhatsApp appears to be working on a feature we wanted Twitter to aded since forever: the ability to edit sent messages.

According to WABetaInfo (via 9to5Mac), the feature is already under development, and the outlet has a screenshot to prove it, showing an "edit" option for a sent message in WhatsApp for Android.

It's unclear whether messages will be editable forever or within a certain time window.


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WABetaInfo claims the feature is not even available for beta testers yet, but will probably show up fairly soon. It should also become available on WhatsApp for iOS, as well as the app's desktop version.

WhatsApp added the ability to delete sent messages five years ago, but the new feature should be useful in those situations when you need to edit a typo without deleting and re-sending the message (potentially confusing the receiving party).

WhatsApp has recently added several much-needed features, including the ability to post message reactions as well create groups that host up to 512 people.

As for Twitter, we just have to mention it in the context of editing sent messages. It's something Twitter has been working on for a while, and recently there have been signs that the feature might actually launch soon.

Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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