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Tech T@lk
facebook redesigns settings for whatsapp
easy tool access launches ‘view once’ feature
n order to make the plat- opular messaging appli- send using the new feature
form’s tools and features cation WhatsApp has will not be saved to the recip-
Ieasier to access for its users, Pfinally added the disap- ient’s Photos or Gallery.The
the social media giant Facebook pearing photos and videos fea- messaging application will not
has redesigned its settings page. ture to the stable version of the allow users to forward, save,
“Whether it’s managing the ads Facebook has also relocated app. The feature is called ‘View star, or share photos or videos
people see, adjusting sharing several autonomous settings so Once’ and works similarly to that were sent or received with
settings, or curating an audience that they stand alongside relat- Instagram’s expiring media the ‘View Once’ feature. Users
for posts, people shouldn’t have ed settings. For example, the feature. As per The Verge, the can only see if a recipient has
to think too hard about where to News Feed setting, which pre- feature is being rolled out to- opened a View Once photo or
start. That’s why we’ve reduced viously had a smaller category day. It will delete photos or vid- video if they have read receipts
the number of categories, and of its own, will now be listed un- eos from users’ chats after they turned on.
renamed them to more closely der ‘Preferences’, grouped with have been opened by the re- The company also stated
match people’s mental models,” similar settings. The settings cipient. When sending a photo that if the photo or video sent
said Facebook wrote in an offi- search function, the Privacy Set- or video, you can make it view through the new feature is not
cial blog post. tings category has also been im- once by tapping the “1” button opened within 14 days of it be-
Mashable India reported proved. to the left of the send button. ing sent, then the media will ex-
that the Facebook Settings page There’s also a newly-added After the recipient opens pire from the chat.
is now grouped into six broad shortcut to Privacy Checkup, it, it will be deleted. The recip- However, one can restore
categories, “each allowing ac- right at the top of the Settings ient will be able to see that it is the ‘View once media’ from
cess to a related set of settings.” landing page. a disappearing photo, so it is backup if the message remains
The categories are- Account, As per Mashable India, the still the type of thing you’d only unread at the time of backup.
Preferences, Audience and Facebook Settings redesign want to use for people you trust But if the media has already
Visibility, Permissions, Your has already begun rolling out to not take a screenshot. been opened then it will not
Information, and Community for Android, iOS, mobile web, The company has con- be included in the backup and
Standards and Legal Policies. and FB Lite. firmed that any content users can’t be restored.
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