WhatsApp removes view once option for desktop users

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that WhatsApp desktop users will not be able to open or send view once messages.

WhatsApp Web/Desktop (electronic version), WhatsApp for Windows (universal windows platform app), and WhatsApp beta for macOS (native catalyst app) are the affected versions.

According to WABetaInfo, the decision to remove the feature was for security reasons and that the desktop application would not be consistent with the screenshot-blocking feature that has been released recently.

When you try to open an image or video sent to you on the desktop, it prompts the user to open it using their phone.

WhatsApp says it is trying to up its security policies.

In addition, it has launched two new Group features, including 32-person video calling and groups with up to 1024 users.

Until now, the 32-people calling feature was limited to voice calls only.

It also plans to roll out a feature that groups together in groups in larger more organized groups called communities.