WhatsApp has finally started rolling out ‘view once’ feature for Android users in beta. Once enabled, the recipient can only view your photos and videos once before they disappear from the chat. It was in 2010, when technology took a leap, WhatsApp entered our lives only to change things forever. It’s been 11 years now and clearly there’s no looking back. WhatsApp has become integral part of our lives, despite having multiple social media application available in the software market, WhatsApp has become so integrated in our daily lives that it’s too hard to survive without it. Consequently, WhatsApp has been updating the application in order to enhance functionality, features and privacy.

What is WhatsApp View Once Feature?

‘View Once’ feature in WhatsApp is similar in concept to the feature one can find in Instagram termed as ‘expiring media’. In this update, photo or video will disappear once opened by the recipient or if he/she leaves the chat. This can be helpful in multiple ways, provide privacy and comfort to the individual sending the picture/video that it might not be misused or forwarded to someone else and this shall allow to save up space in your mobile phones since the picture/videos will automatically be removed from the chat and not be saved in mobile’s gallery.