{"id":6829,"date":"2023-05-23T11:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:01:38","slug":"whatsapp-to-allow-users-to-edit-messages-but-only-for-a-short-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/?p=6829","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp to allow users to edit messages &#8211; but only for a short window"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WhatsApp will allow users to edit their messages &#8211; but only for 15 minutes after they have been sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Meta-owned messaging service has started rolling out the new function and it will be available to all users in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messages will carry a label showing they have been edited &#8211; but they won&#8217;t show how they have been changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To edit one, a user will need to press and hold a message and choose &#8220;edit&#8221; from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The edit option will be available for 15 minutes after the message has been sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new function is for &#8220;the moments when you make a mistake, or simply change your mind&#8221;, the company wrote in a blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra context to a message, we&#8217;re excited to bring you more control over your chats.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp will allow users to edit their messages &#8211; but only for 15 minutes after they have been sent. The Meta-owned messaging service has started rolling out the new function and it will be available to all users in the coming weeks. Messages will carry a label showing they have been edited &#8211; but they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[2655,2656,2657,193,2568],"class_list":["post-6829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app","tag-edit","tag-messages","tag-news","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6831,"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829\/revisions\/6831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miaminewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}