Padlock messages arrive on WhatsApp: what is the new function for?

After photos disappearing after viewing, Whatsapp now he works on applying this same temporality to text messages, so they can be of one reading.

The new temporary or ephemeral message type could already be seen in the Android beta (version 2.22.25.20), where it is accompanied by a new button send with to padlock.

This new button in the message composer is that it tells the user that you can send a read-only textand which will disappear from the conversation when the recipient has opened and read it.

If the recipient tries to view it again, they will instead see a small symbol with the number 1 and a warning that the text has expired, but you can ask the sender to resend it, as explained by the specialized site WABetainfo.

This type of temporary message is preceded by an information page, which indicates that given the private nature with which it has been designed, it is not possible to take a screenshot, copy it, share it with other users or save it.

This is, for the moment, a feature under development that should arrive in a future update of WhatsApp for Android, first for users of the beta.

WhatsApp says goodbye to millions of phones in 2023

Meanwhile, as the end of the year approaches, lists of phones that will no longer support WhatsApp are rolling back.

Although the vast majority of users can rest assured that it will continue to work on smartphones purchased in recent years; others who have devices with more than five years They should start thinking about changing the device.

On the WhatsApp support site, the messaging app reported that it will stop working on Android mobile phones with an operating system older than 4.1. This means that to use WhatsApp, you need Android version 4.1 Jelly Bean or better.

There is less and less until the end of the year and with it the concern among WhatsApp users is growing, given that from December 31st it will stop working on thousands of devices.

After changing its privacy policy to introduce some minor adjustments and support different versions of the operating system, Meta has launched an appeal to limit the update of the service in an ever-increasing number of mobile phones from major manufacturers (Samsung, Apple, Motorola , LG, Huawei, ZTE and many others).

Android version 4.1 was released in 2012, so any Android purchased within the last 6-8 years will be able to receive WhatsApp updates without problems during 2023.

Likewise, WhatsApp will stop working even on iPhones with versions earlier than iOS 12 installed, released in 2018.

Below, the mobile phone models left without WhatsApp in 2023, brand by brand:

SAMSUNG

Samsung Galaxy Core – Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite – Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 – Samsung Galaxy S3 mini – Samsung Galaxy Trend II – Samsung Galaxy X 2 case

LG

LG Optimus L3 II Dual – LG Optimus L5 II – LG Optimus F5 – LG Optimus L3 II – LG Optimus L7II – LG Optimus L5 Dual – LG Optimus L7 Dual – LG Optimus F3 – LG Optimus F3Q – LG Optimus L2 II – LG Optimus L4 II – LG Optimus F6 – LG EnactLG Glossy 2 – LG Optimus F7.

Huawei

Huawei Ascend Mate – Huawei Ascend G740 – Huawei Ascend D2.