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With pinned messages, you can easily highlight important WhatsApp messages in group or 1:1 chats.
Updated : Dec 13, 2023, 10:00 AM IST
Meta-owned WhatsApp has launched the ability to pin a message in a chat including text, polls, images and emojis — only one chat at a time.
The feature has started rolling out to users. With pinned messages, you can easily highlight important messages in group or 1:1 chats.
“This helps save users time so they can find timely messages more easily. All message types like text, poll, image, emojis, and more can be pinned, and they are end-to-end encrypted,” WhatsApp said in a statement.
How to pin messages on WhatsApp:
“Seven Days is the default choice. In a group chat, admins have the option to select if all members or only admins can pin a message,” said the company.
Telegram and iMessage already offer a pin message option for users in both individual and group chats.
Last week, WhatsApp introduced disappearing voice messages, that will allow users to send a voice message that can only be listened to once before it disappears.
It is similar to the “View Once” option for photos and videos introduced in 2021, to add another layer of privacy to your messages.