Whatsapp is developing a bookmark icon to show messages that have been saved.

WhatsApp is going to introduce a new feature “Kept messages” which will allow WhatsApp users to save disappearing messages. What is a message kept? It is a disappearing message that has been momentarily saved, which means that it will not be immediately removed from the chat and that all participants can still see it. Users can still opt to "un-keep" a message at any moment, in which case it will permanently vanish from the chat but they will still be in control of the conversation. Although the functionality is still under development, we wanted to provide you some more information today:

Users can recognize communication that has been kept in WhatsApp by looking for the bookmark icon, which can be seen in the message bubble of messages that are about to vanish. Even if the disappearing messages feature is enabled and the message has already expired, this icon acts as a visual cue that the message has been "preserved" and will not be removed from the conversation. Users may quickly discern between messages that are kept and those that simply vanish from the chat thanks to this functionality. It's important to remember that everyone in the chat has the ability to remove these messages at any time.

 

As always, we don't know when users will be able to use the feature that WhatsApp is currently working on to keep disappearing messages in the app. When we have more information to share with you, we'll post another article.