Edit: WhatsApp may soon allow iPhone users to edit messages: Availability, how will it work and more – Times of India

Messaging apps like iMessage and Telegram allow users to edit sent text messages. Meta-owned popular instant messaging service WhatsApp also started testing this feature in 2022. The company also started testing the feature on the beta version of its Android app. According to a report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp has now started rolling out this feature to the beta version of its iPhone app.
WhatsApp edit message option on iPhone: Availability
As per the report, downloading the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iPhone has enabled the option to edit messages for a handful of testers. The feature works just like the option that is already available in the Android beta. To access this feature, users have to press a particular message and tap the “Edit” button. The report doesn’t reveal a specific timeline of when this feature will be announced to the general public.
WhatsApp edit message option: How will it work
However, unlike Telegram, WhatsApp is expected to restrict how users can edit sent messages. For example, users will only have 15 minutes to edit a message after it has been sent. iMessage also has a similar approach, where users are offered a 15-minute window for editing messages.
Apart from this, iMessage also shows a history of the edits to other users. Meanwhile, WhatsApp might only show an “edited” label on messages which have been edited by the sender. However, users need to remember that the edit option will not work for image, video and document captions.

WhatsApp other new features
Recently, WhatsApp released an update for its iPhone app. This update added picture-in-picture support for video calls done through WhatsApp on iPhones. This feature allows users to open another app on their iPhones without interrupting the video call.
Simultaneously, the Meta-owned platform has also been working on a new newsletter feature that will help creators to distribute messages to a large number of users. This feature is expected to work like Telegram’s channels.